huff.
A heavy breath; a grunt or sigh.
Meaning & usage
A heavy breath; a grunt or sigh.
With a huff, he lifted the box onto the back of the truck.
A condition of anger, annoyance, disgust, etc.
in a huff
One swelled with a false sense of importance or value; a boaster.
The act of removing an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it).
Where this word comes from
Probably an altered spelling of earlier *hough, represented by Scots hech (“to breathe hard, pant”). Compare also German hauchen (“to breathe”).
To breathe heavily.
The run left him huffing and puffing.
To say in a huffy manner.
To enlarge; to swell up.
Bread huffs.
To bluster or swell with anger, arrogance, or pride; to storm; to take offense.
To treat with arrogance and insolence; to chide or rebuke rudely; to bully, to hector.
To vex; to offend.
To inhale psychoactive inhalants.
To remove an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it).
Where this word comes from
Probably an altered spelling of earlier *hough, represented by Scots hech (“to breathe hard, pant”). Compare also German hauchen (“to breathe”).
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