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Meaning of 'huff' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Huff [ n.]
- A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage.
- A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance.
2 . Huff [ v. i.]
- To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs.
- To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense.
- 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.
3 . Huff [ v. t.]
- To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air.
- To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully.
- To remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3.

Meaning of 'huff' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . huff [ v]
Meaning (1):
- blow hard and loudly
Example in sentence:
  • he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain
Meaning (2):
- inhale recreational drugs
Example in sentence:
  • The addict was snorting cocaine almost every day;
  • the kids were huffing glue

Nearby Words:

huffcap huffed huffer huffiness huffing huffingly huffish huffy

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