huffer
8.1
A person who breathes loudly after hard exercise
- noun
- /ˈhʌfər/
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jadeador
- The children watched as their father became a tired huffer after playing soccer with them.
Examples
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She turned into a panting huffer after the intense workout at the gym.
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Nurse, tell Mrs. Huffer the doctor's awake.
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After the long race, Jake was a heavy huffer, struggling to catch his breath.
How Breathless
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Huffer comes from the verb huff, which means 'to breathe hard'. So a huffer is someone who breathes heavily after exercise or hard work.