'Huff' definitions:

Definition of 'huff'

(from WordNet)
noun
A state of irritation or annoyance [syn: huff, miff, seeing red]
verb
Inhale recreational drugs; "The addict was snorting cocaine almost every day"; "the kids were huffing glue" [syn: huff, snort]
verb
Blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain" [syn: puff, huff, chuff]

Definition of 'Huff'

From: GCIDE
  • Huff \Huff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Huffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Huffing.] [Cf. OE. hoove to puff up, blow; prob. of imitative origin.]
  • 1. To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air. --Grew. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully. [1913 Webster]
  • You must not presume to huff us. --Echard. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Draughts) To remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Huff'

From: GCIDE
  • Huff \Huff\, v. i.
  • 1. To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense. [1913 Webster]
  • This senseless arrogant conceit of theirs made them huff at the doctrine of repentance. --South. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Draughts) 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Huff'

From: GCIDE
  • Huff \Huff\, n.
  • 1. A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage. "Left the place in a huff." --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance. [1913 Webster]
  • Lewd, shallow-brained huffs make atheism and contempt of religion the sole badge . . . of wit. --South. [1913 Webster]
  • To take huff, to take offence. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]

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