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Huff — or huffing may refer to: * Huff (TV series), a Showtime television program * Huff (board games) * Huff and puff apparatus * Huff Duff (HF/DF) High Frequency Direction Finder * Huff Daland Aero Corp * The use of an inhalant.People named Huff*… … Wikipedia
Huff — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Brad Huff (* 1979), US amerikanischer Radrennfahrer Dann Huff (* 1960), US amerikanischer Gitarrist Leon Huff (* 1942), US amerikanischer Soul Pianist Martin W. Huff, deutscher Rechtsanwalt und Journalist… … Deutsch Wikipedia
huff´i|ly — huff|y «HUHF ee», adjective, huff|i|er, huff|i|est. 1. in a huff; offended: »You re not huffy with myself (John Millington Synge) … Useful english dictionary
huff|y — «HUHF ee», adjective, huff|i|er, huff|i|est. 1. in a huff; offended: »You re not huffy with myself (John Millington Synge) … Useful english dictionary
huff — huff·i·ly; huff·i·ness; huff·ing·ly; huff·ish; huff; … English syllables
Huff — Huff, n. 1. A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage. Left the place in a huff. W. Irving. [1913 Webster] 2. A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Huff — Huff, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Huffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Huffing}.] [Cf. OE. hoove to puff up, blow; prob. of imitative origin.] 1. To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air. Grew. [1913 Webster] 2. To treat with insolence and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Huff — Huff, v. i. 1. To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs. [1913 Webster] 2. To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense. [1913 Webster] This senseless arrogant conceit of theirs made them huff at the doctrine of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
huff — (v.) mid 15c., apparently imitative of exhaling. Extended sense of bluster with indignation is attested from 1590s. Related: Huffed; huffing. As a slang term for a type of narcotics abuse, by 1996. As a noun from 1590s; to leave in a huff is… … Etymology dictionary
huff — [n] bad mood anger, annoyance, dudgeon, miff, offense, passion, perturbation, pet*, pique, rage, snit*, stew*, temper, tiff, umbrage; concept 410 Ant. delight, good mood, happiness huff [v] sigh, breathe out forcefully blow, expire, gasp, heave,… … New thesaurus
huff — ► VERB (often huff and puff) 1) exhale noisily. 2) show one s annoyance in an obvious way. ► NOUN ▪ a fit of petty annoyance. ORIGIN imitative … English terms dictionary
