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Definition huff

Etymology

Probably an altered spelling of earlier *hough, represented by Scots hech (“to breathe hard, pant”). Compare also German hauchen (“to breathe”).

Noun

huff (plural huffs)

1. a heavy breath; a grunt or sigh
2. an expression of anger, annoyance, disgust, etc.
3. (obsolete) a boaster; one swelled with a false sense of value or importance

Verb

huff (third-person singular simple present huffs, present participle huffing, simple past and past participle huffed)

1. (intransitive) To breathe heavily.
2. (intransitive) To say in a huffy manner.
3. (intransitive) To enlarge; to swell up.
4. (intransitive) To bluster or swell with anger, arrogance, or pride; to storm; to take offense. [from the 16th c.]
5. (intransitive) To treat with arrogance and insolence; to chide or rebuke rudely; to bully, to hector.
6. (transitive) To inhale psychoactive inhalants. [from the 20th c.]
7. (transitive, draughts) To remove an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it).

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