Meaning
4 senses(intransitive)To make noisy puffing sounds, as of a steam locomotive.
schnaufen
(UK, slang)To break wind.
Of a powder, propellant, or explosive charge: to become extinguished and reignited intermittently.
(UK, euphemistic)Used as a replacement for obscenities, particularly fuck.
Oh chuff off! I'm so chuffing fed up with all of the spam posts on my timeline.
- blow hard and loudly
Examples
13 sentencesTom is chuffed to bits.
Том задоволений як слон. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tom was chuffed to bits.
Том був задоволений як слон. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
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
I was chuffed with the result.
deIch habe mich riesig über das Ergebnis gefreut. — al_ex_an_der
What the chuffing heck is an 'off-ramp'?
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Onomatopoeic. Compare chug and puff. 1520s, in sense “swollen with fat”; circa 1860, BritOnomatopoeic. Compare chug and puff.
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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Forms
chuffs, chuffing, chuffed, chuffedSynonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle