huffing

/ ˈhʌfɪŋ /

noun

1. slang.
   the practice of inhaling toxic fumes from glue and other household products for their intoxicating effects

Derived Forms

• ˈhuffer, noun

Example Sentences

Onlookers watched silently, angling for a better view like villagers watching a huffing dragon approach their castle walls.

From Los Angeles Times

As soon as her back is turned, Inkling climbs onto the table—I can hear him huffing—and starts pulling the rest of our pie toward him.

From Literature

One day, as he was sunning this way, with wine in his belly, who should come huffing and puffing and staggering out of the stream but an obese, elderly frog.

From Literature

Forced to slow down, the man who believed “hiking is for people who can’t run” found himself huffing and puffing up a peak in Griffith Park.

From Los Angeles Times

United are huffing and puffing but unable to find a way past this organised City defence.

From BBC