huff

(huf)

transitive verb

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

Origin: 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

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
  1. To puff; blow.
  2. To make noisy, empty threats; bluster.
  3. To react indignantly; take offense.
  4. Slang To inhale the fumes of a volatile chemical or substance as a means of becoming intoxicated.
verb, transitive
  1. To cause to puff up; inflate.
  2. To treat with insolence; bully.
  3. To anger; annoy.
  4. 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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Related Forms:

  • huffˈer noun

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