What does apuff mean?
Apuff means Out of breath; puffing..
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/əˈpʌf/ · adjective
Out of breath; puffing..
“No,” said Smoke. “Just a one-sided argument. What's the news, Alex? You're all apuff.”
Aunt Mary Braley stood at the bedside, all apuff from the long climb up the stairs.
Next to arrive was Aunt Helena, all apuff from limping over from the library.
Rookie policemen, apuff with zeal and a conviction anybody they arrested should get the book as an incorrigible miscreant, sometimes yiped loud and long about the judge's leniency.
Inside the room, specially vacated of all who normally slept there, Jemubhai, his face apuff with anger, grabbed at his wife.
“Sorry, Jon, I didn't mean to interrupt your private party, but we've been invited to stay at the palace, and the majordomo is all apuff waiting to show us our rooms.
Argue about revolutionary ideas, advocate eloquently for some change in policy, work through the paralyzed political system, and probably get their periwigs all apuff with frustration.
She asked Charles to sign our names and address in the curly-backed notebook as Eth limped up the stairs apuff with all the luggage.
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Apuff means Out of breath; puffing..
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“No,” said Smoke. “Just a one-sided argument. What's the news, Alex? You're all apuff.”
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