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Huff

noun
/hʌf/
Word Frequency: 0.7

Definitions

1.nounA heavy breath; a grunt or sigh.
"With a huff, he lifted the box onto the back of the truck."
2.nounAn expression of anger, annoyance, disgust, etc.
3.nounOne swelled with a false sense of importance or value; a boaster.
4.verbTo breathe heavily.
"The run left him huffing and puffing."
5.verbTo say in a huffy manner.
6.verbTo enlarge; to swell up.
"Bread huffs."
7.verbTo bluster or swell with anger, arrogance, or pride; to storm; to take offense.
8.verbTo treat with arrogance and insolence; to chide or rebuke rudely; to bully, to hector.
9.verbTo inhale psychoactive inhalants.
10.verb(draughts) To remove an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it).

Synonyms

chuffsnortpuffmiffseeing redsnitpiqueduffcorzineharumphwhuffsigh

Rhymes With

puffchuffgruffroughbufftoughsloughbluff
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