huff

Plural: huffs

Noun

• a state of irritation or annoyance
• A heavy breath; a grunt or sigh.
• A condition of anger, annoyance, disgust, etc.
• One swelled with a false sense of importance or value; a boaster.
• The act of removing an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it).

Verb

Verb Forms: huffed, huffing, huffs

• To breathe heavily, often in anger or annoyance.
• inhale recreational drugs
  • "the kids were huffing glue"
• blow hard and loudly
  • "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"
• To breathe heavily.
• To say in a huffy manner.
• To enlarge; to swell up.
• To bluster or swell with anger, arrogance, or pride; to storm; to take offense.
• To treat with arrogance and insolence; to chide or rebuke rudely; to bully, to hector.
• To vex; to offend.
• To inhale psychoactive inhalants.
• To remove an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it).

Examples

• Bread huffs.
• in a huff
• The run left him huffing and puffing.
• When his opponent played an unexpected bingo, he could only HUFF in frustration.
• With a huff, he lifted the box onto the back of the truck.

Synonyms

chuff, miff, puff, seeing red, snort

Anagrams of huff