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1. (n.) huff
a fit of resentment:
to walk out in a huff.
2. (v.t.) huff
to give offense to; make angry.
3. huff
to treat with arrogance or contempt; bully.
4. (v.i.) huff
to take offense; speak indignantly.
5. huff
to puff or blow; breathe heavily.
Etymology: (1575–85; imit.)
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| Definition of 'huff' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) huff, miff, seeing red
a state of irritation or annoyance
2. (verb) huff, snort
inhale recreational drugs
"The addict was snorting cocaine almost every day"; "the kids were huffing glue"
3. (verb) puff, huff, chuff
blow hard and loudly
"he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"
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| Definition of 'huff' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) huff
a swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage
2. (noun) huff
a boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance
3. (verb) huff
to swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air
4. (verb) huff
to treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully
5. (verb) huff
to remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3
6. (verb) huff
to enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs
7. (verb) huff
to bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense
8. (verb) huff
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
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| Definitions of 'huff' |
The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. huff
To compress data using a Huffman code. Various programs that use
such methods have been called ‘HUFF’ or some variant thereof.
Oppose puff. Compare crunch,
compress.
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Sense: being or becoming silent because one is angry, displeased etc
He is in a huff; He went into a huff.
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 Afrikaans: nukkerig raak |
 Arabic: ساكِتٌ غَضَبا |
 Bulgarian: оскърбявам (се) |
 Brazilian: amuo |
 Czech: mrzutá nálada |
 German: derÄrger |
 Danish: blive knotten |
 Greek: χολωμένος |
 Spanish: enojado |
 Estonian: pahas tujus |
 Farsi: اوقات تلخي كردن |
 Finnish: pitää mykkäkoulua |
 French: froissé |
 Hebrew: בְרוֹגֶז |
 Hindi: क्रुद्ध हो जाना, झुंझलाहट |
 Croatian: namrštiti se, razljutiti |
 Hungarian: megsértődik |
 Indonesian: terdiam |
 Icelandic: fÿla; reiðikast |
 Italian: imbronciato |
 Japanese: 立腹 |
 Korean: 불끈 화를 냄 |
 Lithuanian: įsižeidęs, pasipūtęs |
 Latvian: sapīcis; īgns; apvainojie |
 Malay: mendiamkan diri kerana ma |
 Dutch: mokken |
 Norwegian: fornærmet, sint |
 Polish: w rozdrażnionym stanie |
 Persian: اوقات تلخي كردن |
 Pashto: د غوصی کولو وخت |
 Portuguese: amuo |
 Romanian: îmbufnare |
 Russian: разобидеться (и молчать) |
 Slovak: zlá nálada |
 Slovenian: užaljen |
 Serbian: ljutnja |
 Swedish: vara/bli förnärmad |
 Thai: เงียบไปเพราะโกรธหรือไม่พอ |
 Turkish: darılma, gücenme |
 Taiwanese: 因憤怒或不快等而不說話 |
 Ukrainian: ображений |
 Urdu: خاموش ہو جانا |
 Vietnamese: cơn giận dữ |
 Chinese: 发怒 |
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