Meaning

8 senses
  1. (intransitive)To breathe heavily.

    The run left him huffing and puffing.

    schnauben, heftig schnaufen

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  2. (intransitive)To say in a huffy manner.

  3. (intransitive)To enlarge; to swell up.

    Bread huffs.

    aufquellen, aufgehen

  4. (intransitive)To bluster or swell with anger, arrogance, or pride; to storm; to take offense.

    aufblasen, (vor Wut) schnauben, mächtig aufregen

  5. (transitive)To treat with arrogance and insolence; to chide or rebuke rudely; to bully, to hector.

    aufbauen vor, einschüchternd behandeln

  6. (transitive)To inhale psychoactive inhalants.

    reinziehen

    нюхатьnjuxatʹ, нюхнутьnjuxnutʹ

    inhale recreational drugs

  7. (transitive)To remove an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it).

  8. (archaic, transitive)To vex; to offend.

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Tom stormed off in a huff.

    ruТом умчался в гневе.

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  2. She stormed off in a huff.

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  3. They sat in the garage, huffing paint.

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  4. All you can hear is the huffing and puffing of horses.

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  5. Mary made an indignant noise and turned away from Tom in a huff.

    deMaria gab einen empörten Ton von sich und wandte sich dann beleidigt von Tom ab.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to breathe heavily:
to inhale psychoactive inhalants:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
to breathe heavily:
to enlarge; to swell up:
to bluster or swell with anger, arrogance, or pride; to storm; to take offense:
to treat with arrogance and insolence; to chide or rebuke rudely; to bully, to hector:
to inhale psychoactive inhalants:

Origin

Probably an altered spelling of earlier *hough, represented by Scots hech (“to breathe har

Probably an altered spelling of earlier *hough, represented by Scots hech (“to breathe hard, pant”). Compare also German hauchen (“to breathe”).

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Forms

huffs, huffing, huffed, huffed
Base formhuff · to huff
3rd person singularhuffs
Present participlehuffing
Past simplehuffed
Past participlehuffed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhuff
he, she, ithuffs

Past simpleLesson

all personshuffed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave huffed
he, she, ithas huffed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill huff

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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