Definition of huff Huff

/hʌˈf/ - [huf] - huff

We found 20 definitions of huff from 5 different sources.

What does huff mean?

Noun Plural: hufves
huff - a state of irritation or annoyance
		miff, seeing red
		botheration, vexation, annoyance, irritation the act of troubling or annoying someone
Verb huffs, huffing, huffed
huff - inhale recreational drugs; "The addict was snorting cocaine almost every day"; "the kids were huffing glue"
		snort
		breathe in, inhale, inspire draw in (air); "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well"
		do drugs, drug administer a drug to; "They drugged the kidnapped tourist"
huff - blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"
		puff, chuff
		blow exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down"

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huff (Noun)
A heavy breath; a grunt or sigh.
huff (Noun)
An expression of anger, annoyance, disgust, etc.
huff (Noun)
A boaster; one swelled with a false sense of value or importance.
huff (Verb)
To breathe heavily.
huff (Verb)
To inhale psychoactive inhalants.
huff (Verb)
To say in a huffy manner.
huff (Verb)
To remove an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece.

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

huff
huf, n. sudden anger or arrogance: a fit of disappointment or anger: a boaster.—v.t. to swell: to bully: to remove a 'man' from the board for not capturing pieces open to him, as in draughts.—v.i. to swell: to bluster.—adjs. Huff′ish, Huff′y, given to huff: insolent: arrogant.—adv. Huff′ishly.—ns. Huff′ishness, Huff′iness. [Imit., like puff; cf. Ger. hauchen, to breathe.]

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