intransitive. To breathe hard, pant; also quasi-transitive to breathe out (fire).

intransitive. To breathe fast and deeply, as when out of breath following exertion, running, etc.; to pant, gasp for breath.

intransitive. To breathe hard with quick, short breaths, as from exertion, heat, or agitation; to gasp for breath.

intransitive. To sneeze; also, to puff, snort.

To breathe hard, pant, puff. to blow out: to be winded. (Cf. sense 8.)

intransitive. Of persons: To blow, breathe hard.

intransitive. To breathe hard, as from exertion, or with difficulty; to puff, to pant; to become short of breath.

intransitive. To pant, throb.

intransitive. To pant, breathe hard. Formerly also: †(of the heart) to pound (obsolete).

To draw in the breath with effort; to pant, gasp.

intransitive. To puff. Said of a breeze, fire, etc.; also, of a person in anger or out of breath. Also, to fume and fuff, fuff and pegh.

intransitive. Originally and chiefly Boxing slang. To breathe hard, to pant from exertion; to wheeze. Obsolete.

intransitive. To blow, puff. Obsolete exc. dialect and in to huff and puff (in some contexts not distinguishable from sense 4).