PUFFING
\pˈʌfɪŋ], \pˈʌfɪŋ], \p_ˈʌ_f_ɪ_ŋ]\
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an act of forcible exhalation
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blowing tobacco smoke out into the air; "they smoked up the room with their ceaseless puffing"
By Princeton University
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