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Webster 1913 Edition

Huff

Huff

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Huffed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Huffing
.]
[Cf. OE.
hoove
to puff up, blow; prob. of imitative origin.]
1.
To swell; to enlarge; to puff up;
as,
huffed
up with air
.
Grew.
2.
To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully.
You must not presume to
huff
us.
Echard.
3.
(Draughts)
To remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See
Huff
,
Verb.
I.
, 3.

Huff

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To enlarge; to swell up;
as, bread
huffs
.
2.
To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense.
This senseless arrogant conceit of theirs made them
huff
at the doctrine of repentance.
South.
3.
(Draughts)
To remove from the board a man which could have captured a piece but has not done so; – so called because it was the habit to blow upon the piece.

Huff

,
Noun.
1.
A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage.
“Left the place in a huff.”
W. Irving.
2.
A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance.
Lewd, shallow-brained
huffs
make atheism and contempt of religion the sole badge . . . of wit.
South.
To take huff
,
to take offence.
Cowper.

Webster 1828 Edition

Huff

HUFF

, n.
1.
A swell of sudden anger or arrogance.
A Spaniard was wonderfully upon the huff about his extraction.
2.
A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance.
Lewd shallow-brained huffs make atheism and contempt of religion the badge of wit.

HUFF

,
Verb.
T.
To swell; to enlarge; to puff up.
1.
To hector; to bully; to treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence.

HUFF

,
Verb.
I.
To swell; to dilate or enlarge; as, the bread huffs.
1.
To bluster; to swell with anger, pride or arrogance; to storm.
This arrogant conceit made them huff at the doctrine of repentance.
A huffing, shining, flattering, cringing coward.

Definition 2025

Huff

Huff

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English

Proper noun

Huff

  1. A surname​.

huff

huff

See also: Huff

English

Noun

huff ‎(plural huffs)

  1. A heavy breath; a grunt or sigh.
    With a huff, he lifted the box onto the back of the truck.
  2. An expression of anger, annoyance, disgust, etc.
    Freyja left in a huff.
  3. (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

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

  1. To breathe heavily.
    The run left him huffing and puffing.
  2. To inhale psychoactive inhalants. [from the 20th c.]
  3. To say in a huffy manner.
  4. (draughts) To remove an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it).
  5. To enlarge; to swell up.
    Bread huffs.
  6. To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense. [from the 16th c.]
    • South
      This senseless arrogant conceit of theirs made them huff at the doctrine of repentance.
  7. To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke rudely; to hector; to bully.
    • Echard
      You must not presume to huff us.

Norwegian

Etymology

Onomatopoeia

Interjection

huff

  1. expression of minor revulsion, minor horror
    uff huff, så mye mas!
    huff a meg!

Synonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Noun

huff n

  1. An instance of uttering huff.

Inflection

References

  • “huff” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “huff” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hʌf/
  • Homophone: huff
  • Rhymes: -ʌf

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