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chuff

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Surly; annoyed; displeased; disgruntledSurly; annoyed; displeased; disgruntled.

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/t͡ʃʌf/

» Tom is chuffed to bits.

Том задоволений як слон.

Meaning

5 senses

(UK)Surly; annoyed; displeased; disgruntled.
(UK, dialectal)Stupid; churlish; loutish.
(UK)Pleased, proud.
Chubby.
(obsolete)Swollen with fat.

Examples

13 sentences

Tom is chuffed to bits.
Том задоволений як слон. — deniko
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Tom was chuffed to bits.
Том був задоволений як слон. — deniko
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I'd be chuffed if you translated some of my sentences with no translation at all.
Я була б дуже задоволена, якби ви переклали деякі з моїх речень без перекладу. — deniko
deIch würde mich freuen, wenn ihr ein paar meiner Sätze, die noch gar nicht übersetzt wurden, übersetzten würdet. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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I was chuffed with the result.
deIch habe mich riesig über das Ergebnis gefreut. — al_ex_an_der
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What the chuffing heck is an 'off-ramp'?
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Origin

15th century, dialectal, from Middle English chuffe (“a rustic, boor”), in noun sense “stu

15th century, dialectal, from Middle English chuffe (“a rustic, boor”), in noun sense “stupid fellow”. Adjective sense “surly, displeased” from 1832.

1520s, in sense “swollen with fat”; circa 1860, British dialect, in sense “pleased”. Possibly related to “coarse, stupid, fat-headed” sense (see etymology 1 above). Or, perhaps a euphemistic alteration of fuck or another expletive.

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