Meaning of apuff | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Out of breath; puffing.
2. worked up; visibly agitated.

Examples

““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.”

CEFR level