huffing


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Synonyms for huffing

an act of forcible exhalation

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Inhalants can affect an abuser's mood even when he or she Is not huffing. The sniffer can fail into a gloomy mood where nothing about life seems good or hopeful--a condition doctors call depression.
Inhalants are breathed in through the more or mouth in a number of ways, variously called sniffing, snorting, huffing, or bagging.
In 1990, he was arrested for "huffing" (using euphoriant inhalants) after police found him in possession of gold paint in a plastic bag.
After the requisite huffing and puffing, the wolf knocks down the first two houses but gets stuck in the chimney of the brick house.