huff

noun · verbA1

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noun

Plural noun:

huffs

1.
A heavy breath; a grunt or sigh.
With a huff, he lifted the box onto the back of the truck.
2.
(figuratively)(figurative) A condition of anger, annoyance, disgust, etc.
in a huff
3.
(obsolete)One swelled with a false sense of importance or value; a boaster.
4.
(draughts) The act of removing an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it).

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

huffs

V_ing/Gerund

huffing

V_ed/pp

huffed

1.
(intransitive)To breathe heavily.
The run left him huffing and puffing.
2.
(intransitive)To say in a huffy manner.
3.
(intransitive)To enlarge; to swell up.
Bread huffs.
4.
(intransitive)To bluster or swell with anger, arrogance, or pride; to storm; to take offense.
5.
(transitive)To treat with arrogance and insolence; to chide or rebuke rudely; to bully, to hector.
6.
(archaic, transitive)To vex; to offend.
7.
(transitive)To inhale psychoactive inhalants.
8.
(transitive)(transitive, draughts) To remove an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it).

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Nguồn gốc từ

Probably an altered spelling of earlier *hough, represented by Scots hech (to breathe hard, pant). Compare also hauchen to breathe.