| Definitions of 'huff' |
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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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| Definitions of 'huff' |
Webster 1913 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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