huff

(huf)

transitive verb

Origin: echoic

intransitive verb

noun

a condition of smoldering anger or resentment

See huff in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A fit of anger or annoyance; a pique: stormed off in a huff.

verb huffed, huff·ing, huffs

verb, intransitive

To puff; blow.
To make noisy, empty threats; bluster.
To react indignantly; take offense.
Slang To inhale the fumes of a volatile chemical or substance as a means of becoming intoxicated.

verb, transitive

To cause to puff up; inflate.
To treat with insolence; bully.
To anger; annoy.
Slang To inhale the fumes of (a volatile chemical, for example) as a means of becoming intoxicated.

Origin:

Origin: Imitative of the sound of puffing

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