Huff

[hʌf]

Definition

(noun.) a state of irritation or annoyance.

(verb.) inhale recreational drugs; 'The addict was snorting cocaine almost every day'; 'the kids were huffing glue'.

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Definition

(v. t.) To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air.

(v. t.) To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully.

(v. t.) To remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3.

(v. i.) To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs.

(v. i.) To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense.

(v. i.) 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.

(n.) A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage.

(n.) A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Miff, pet, tiff, rage, passion, fume, fit of anger, angry mood.[2]. Boaster, braggart, braggadocio, BLUSTERER.

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Definition

n. sudden anger or arrogance: a fit of disappointment or anger: a boaster.—v.t. to swell: to bully: to remove a 'man' from the board for not capturing pieces open to him as in draughts.—v.i. to swell: to bluster.—adjs. Huff′ish Huff′y given to huff: insolent: arrogant.—adv. Huff′ishly.—ns. Huff′ishness Huff′iness.

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