Chiefly British variant of DYSPNEA.

A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open; SYN. pant.

1. A panting breath; the visible movement of the chest accompanying such a breath
2. A throbbing or puffing sound
3. The noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine).

Blowing tobacco smoke out into the air.
Method of processing cereal grains. The grains are first subjected to high pressures, and then suddenly ejected into a normal atmospheric pressure, causing each grain to expand sharply. This type of process is used to make puffed wheat cereals and puffed rice cakes.

ETYM Latin pulsatio a beating or striking: cf. French pulsation.
(Electronics) A sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); SYN. pulsing, pulse, impulse.

The act of snorting; the sound produced in snorting.