Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

huffing and puffing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English

Syllables
huff-in-g and puff-ing
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of huff and puff

Questions

What does huffing and puffing mean?
present participle and gerund of huff and puff

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