Brit., Dial. a boor; churl
Origin of chuff
Middle English chuffechuff
chuff chug
Origin of chuff
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chuff
noun
A rude, insensitive person; a boor.
Origin of chuff
Middle English chuffeintransitive verb
chuffed, chuf·fing, chuffsTo produce or move with noisy puffing or explosive sounds: “Switch engines chuffed impatiently in busy rail yards” ( Robert Paul Jordan )
noun
A noisy puffing or explosive sound, such as one made by a locomotive.
Origin of chuff
Imitativenoun
Chiefly British Vulgar Slang- The buttocks.
- The anus.
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Noun
(plural chuffs)
- A coarse or stupid fellow.
Verb
(third-person singular simple present chuffs, present participle chuffing, simple past and past participle chuffed)
- (slang) To purposefully fail a standardized test in a conspicuous way.
Origin
15th century, dialectical, in noun sense “stupid fellow”. Adjective sense “surly, displeased” from 1832.
Verb
(third-person singular simple present chuffs, present participle chuffing, simple past and past participle chuffed)
- (intransitive) To make noisy puffing sounds, as of a steam locomotive.
- (UK, informal) To break wind.
Noun
(uncountable)
- (scriptwriting, uncountable) Superfluous small talk that is free of conflict, offers no character development, description or insight, and does not advance the story or plot.
Adjective
(comparative more chuff, superlative most chuff)
- (UK) Pleased.
- (vulgar slang, of cheeks) Swollen.
Origin
1520s, in sense “swollen with fat”; circa 1860, British dialect, in sense “pleased”. Possibly related to “coarse, stupid, fat-headed” sense.
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