huff and puff

== English == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ʌf === Verb === huff and puff (third-person singular simple present huffs and puffs, present participle huffing and puffing, simple past and past participle huffed and puffed) To breathe heavily, especially after rigorous exercise. August 16 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Swansea upstage Manchester United in Louis van Gaal’s Premier League bow," guardian.co.uk: They were short of ideas, huffing and puffing their way towards a demoralising defeat.