puffed (out)adjective [ after verb ]
uk/ˌpʌft ˈaʊt/us/ˌpʌft ˈaʊt/UK US pooped informalbreathing with difficulty because you have been doing physical exercise:
I can't walk any further - I'm puffed!
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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
- strangle
- strangulate
- suffocate
- suffocating
- winded
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