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huff definition

huff (huf)

transitive verb

  1. Obsolete to blow, swell, or puff up
  2. to treat insolently; bully; hector
  3. to make angry; offend

Etymology: echoic

intransitive verb

  1. to blow; puff
  2. to become angry; take offense
  3. Obsolete to swell with pride or arrogance

noun

a condition of smoldering anger or resentment

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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