Found 2 items, similar to Huff.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: huff
huff
n : a state of irritation or annoyance [syn:
miff,
seeing red]
v 1: inhale recreational drugs [syn:
snort]
2: blow hard and loudly;
“he huffed and puffed as he made his
way up the mountain” [syn:
puff,
chuff]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Huff
Huff
\Huff\, v. i.
1. To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs.
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2. To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to
storm; to take offense.
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This senseless arrogant conceit of theirs made them
huff at the doctrine of repentance. --South.
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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
\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.
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2. A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own
value or importance.
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Lewd, shallow-brained huffs make atheism and
contempt of religion the sole badge . . . of wit.
--South.
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To take huff, to take offence. --Cowper.
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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.
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2. To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke
with insolence; to hector; to bully.
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You must not presume to huff us. --Echard.
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3. (Draughts) To remove from the board (the piece which could
have captured an opposing piece). See
Huff, v. i., 3.
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