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Webster 1913 Edition
Puffing
Webster 1828 Edition
Puffing
PUFF'ING
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Definition 2024
puffing
puffing
English
Verb
puffing
- present participle of puff
- (US) Leaving a car engine running unattended, especially in cold weather to warm it up.
Noun
puffing (plural puffings)
- The act of one who puffs.
- the puffings and pantings of a man running to catch a train
- A puffy ornament.
- 1825, The Ladies' Monthly Museum (volume 21, page 50)
- Evening dresses are trimmed in a variety of ways, with puffings of crape, fringes, and ornaments, of the richest patterns […]
- 1825, The Ladies' Monthly Museum (volume 21, page 50)
- (law) An opinion or judgment, often made by the seller of property to a potential buyer, that is not made as a representation of fact.