n.
1.the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine)
2.a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open pant v.
1.breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
2.utter while panting, as if out of breath
Idiom of the Day
long and the short of it
all the facts, the whole story, a brief summing up of something
I phoned my friend and he told me the long and the short of why he got fired.