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Puffing

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Exhalation 76% connected

The act or process of exhaling, or sending forth in the form of steam or vapor; evaporation.

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Expiration 76% connected

The act of expiring

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Smoke 76% connected

The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes, or expelled, from a burning body, especially from burning vegetable matter, as wood, coal,…

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Smoking 76% connected

of Smoke

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Huff 74% connected

To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air.

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Huff 74% connected

To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air.

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Puff 74% connected

A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.

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Puff 74% connected

A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.

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Huffing 92% connected

of Huff

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Snorting 92% connected

of Snort

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