chuff Hear it!

chuff¹ Definition

chuff (c̸huf)

noun

Brit., Dialectal a boor; churl

Etymology: ME chuffe

chuff² Definition

chuff (c̸huf)

intransitive verb, noun

chug

Etymology: echoic

chuff Usage Examples

Object

  • sound: Once running it indeed makes quite a pleasant, noble chuffing sound.
  • today: I'm really chuffed today because I found out that something I'd been praying for had happened.
  • week: Really chuffed this week as have started teaching the S2 Sixties course that I have been developing for the past few months.

Preposition: with

  • result: I'm quite chuffed with the results: see a few samples below.
  • thing: For a band that's only played a couple of times in the last 18 years I was well chuffed with the whole thing.
  • content: Christmas Day resulted in 3 families truly chuffed with the contents and of course the hampers.
  • win: The 3rd XV went to Welwyn and came back chuffed with another win.

Infinitive complement

  • hear: So I was pretty chuffed to hear these two latest offerings which both feature the man himself amid some illustrious company.
  • see: Martin's chuffed to see the effort Carly's made for his party in the club.
  • get: Well it was 200 yards uphill & I was quite chuffed to get the top without resulting to the lowest gear.
  • have: I bet Nike are pretty chuffed to have them both.
  • discover: Nor is he too chuffed to discover that Orbital websites display a host of his mug shots for public perusal.
  • announce: Here we are in the mid dle of 2006 and very chuffed to announce the arrival of a new Pendro album.

Modifying Another Word

  • dead: I'm ' dead chuffed ' to be asked.
  • pretty: I bet Nike are pretty chuffed to have them both.
  • really: Chris said, " We're really chuffed with the total amount raised.
  • absolutely: He told the club's official website: " I'm absolutely chuffed to bits about it.
  • quite: I'm quite chuffed with the results: see a few samples below.
  • well: I was well chuffed to be living there ' cause I'd fancied the ass off Victoria for ages.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • up: You never realize the noise you get from an open circuit rig until you hear one chuffing up behind you.

Browse dictionary entries near chuff

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  2. chuddar
  3. chuckwalla
  4. chucklehead
  5. chuckle
  6. chuckhole
  7. chuck-will's-widow
  8. chuck wagon
  9. chuck-full
  10. chuck-a-luck
  1. chuffed
  2. chuffy
  3. chug
  4. chug-a-lug
  5. chukar
  6. Chukchi
  7. Chukchi Sea
  8. chukka
  9. chukka (boot)
  10. chukker