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Huff   /həf/   Listen
noun
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."
2.
A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance. "Lewd, shallow-brained huffs make atheism and contempt of religion the sole badge... of wit."
To take huff, to take offence.


verb
Huff  v. t.  (past & past part. huffed; pres. part. huffing)  
1.
To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air.
2.
To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully. "You must not presume to huff us."
3.
(Draughts) To remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3.


Huff  v. i.  
1.
To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs.
2.
To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense. "This senseless arrogant conceit of theirs made them huff at the doctrine of repentance."
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.





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"Huff" Quotes from Famous Books



... place it is irreligious and profane; then it is ungenteel and vulgar, and only fit to be used in low company. Moreover, it is opposed to history and revelation, the Evil One having a huff, if you will, but no toes. Such a name couldn't stand a fortnight before public ...
— Satanstoe • James Fenimore Cooper
... she'd forgotten all about it. There was no time to argue—I'd be sure to lose my temper, and then I'd either have to waste an hour comforting Mary or go off in a 'huff', as the women call it, and be miserable for the trip. So I said I'd see about it. She gave me another hug and a kiss. 'Don't forget, Joe,' she said as I started. 'Think it over on the road.' I reckon she had the best ...
— Joe Wilson and His Mates • Henry Lawson
... let him resign. That would mean Mr. North for everything in sight, and the ultimate ruin of the Pacific Southwestern. On the other hand, I can't have Ford fighting the family—or my uncle—which is just what he will do if he gets his blood up—and doesn't quit in a huff. It's up to you to trundle this car over to the ...
— Empire Builders • Francis Lynde
... clauses as to the new law respecting depositions were at once carried out. "The House is aware, I believe," he said, "that the first operation will soon be needed." I may as well state here that this was repeated to Eva, and that she pretended to take huff at such a question from her lover. It was most indecent, she said; and she, after such words, must drop him for ever. It was not for some months after that, that she allowed Jack's name to be mentioned ...
— The Fixed Period • Anthony Trollope
... Edward, through many a distant place, Had wandering pass'd, a thoughtless ranger; And, cheer'd by a smile from beauty's face, Had laugh'd at the frowning face of danger. Fearless Ned, Careless Ned, Never with foreign dames was a stranger; And huff, Bluff, He laugh'd at the frowning ...
— The Indian Princess - La Belle Sauvage • James Nelson Barker


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