to huff
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9.8
- verb
- /hʌf/
- NSFW
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inhalar
- Josh thought that huffing solvents was just a way to have fun.
- huffing glue
- huffing gasoline
- huffing paint
Rose Rosenbaum, get in here, huff some gas.
- Rose Rosenbaum, get in here, huff some gas.
- What you see this time, it's not trivial stuff like was the election stolen or should I huff horse medicine?
- And we were smoking just American children's giants, just blowing, just huffing huge amounts of marijuana into our lungs.
Examples
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Rose Rosenbaum, get in here, huff some gas.
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You huff inhalants.
Fiction book (2002) -
You ever huff spray paint before?
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She'll never stop huffing paint.
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Why do you think huffing inhalants became so important to Josh?
Fiction book (1999) -
He makes weird chemical drinks, and she huffs paint, reprising her role in Citizen Ruth.
Blog text (27) -
The kid had problems, had been huffing gasoline, had slept and eaten in his closet for two months, and had been hauled off in handcuffs.
Fiction book (1997) -
A fresh breeze herded litter along the street, and he walked past a laneway where two older teenagers were huffing on a bag of glue.
Fiction book (2000) -
You have to aim right and huff deeply, or else you get it on your tongue, and it tastes fuzzy and bubbly, and you have to gag a little bit.
Fiction book (2002) -
Many teenagers huff glue to experience a brief high.
Synonyms
84
2.7
To breathe in air, smoke, or gas into your lungs
38
8.4
To breathe in a powdered drug through the nose
8
2.5
To inhale and exhale smoke from a cigarette or pipe
4
6.3
To breathe in and out vapor from an electronic cigarette
4
8.9
To breathe in smoke from a cigarette or vape pen
3
9.5
To breathe in smoke from a marijuana cigarette
2
9.1
To inhale a powdered drug or tobacco through the nose
To breathe in tobacco smoke and blow it out strongly
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Etymology
The modern slang use of huff meaning to inhale fumes comes from the same idea of strong breathing, and a helpful way to remember it is to think of someone 'huffing' glue or spray paint to breathe the fumes. So to huff in this sense is to breathe in chemicals to get high.