huff and puff
to breathe loudly, usually after physical exercise:
We were huffing and puffing by the time we'd climbed to the top of the hill.
informal disapproving to complain loudly and express disapproval:
They huffed and puffed about the price but eventually they paid up.
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Animal physiology: breathing & stopping breathing
- aerobic respiration
- anaerobic
- asphyxia
- aspiration
- breath
- breathable
- breathe
- breathing
- gasp
- heave
- huff
- intake
- respiration
- respiratory
- sleep apnoea
- smother
- strangle
- strangulate
- suffocating
- winded
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