puffing
English
editVerb
editpuffing
- present participle and gerund of puff
- (US) Leaving a car engine running unattended, especially in cold weather to warm it up.
- 2011 December 6, TRI-102.5 Staff, “‘Puffing’ is Illegal in Colorado (Warming Up Your Car Unattended)”, in TRI-102.5[1]:
- It's called "puffing," when drivers start their car and then leave it unattended while running.
Noun
editpuffing (plural puffings)
- The act of one who puffs.
- the puffings and pantings of a man running to catch a train
- A puffy ornament.
- 1825, The Ladies' Monthly Museum, volume 21, page 50:
- Evening dresses are trimmed in a variety of ways, with puffings of crape, fringes, and ornaments, of the richest patterns […]
- (law) An opinion or judgment, often made by the seller of property to a potential buyer, that is not made as a representation of fact.