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Definition of 'huff'English
Noun
( en-noun)
A heavy breath; a grunt or sigh.
- With a huff , he lifted the box onto the back of the truck.
An expression of anger, annoyance, disgust, etc.
- Freyja left in a huff .
(obsolete) A boaster; one swelled with a false sense of value or importance.
- Lewd, shallow-brained huffs make atheism and contempt of religion the sole badge of wit. — South.
Verb
( en-verb)
To breathe heavily.
- The run left him huffing and puffing.
To inhale psychoactive inhalants.
To say in a huffy manner.
(draughts) To remove an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it).
To enlarge; to swell up.
- Bread huffs .
To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense.
* South
- This senseless arrogant conceit of theirs made them huff at the doctrine of repentance.
To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke rudely; to hector; to bully.
* Echard
- You must not presume to huff us.
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