huff

== English == === Etymology === Probably an altered spelling of earlier *hough, represented by Scots hech (“to breathe hard, pant”). Compare also German hauchen (“to breathe”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /hʌf/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /hɐf/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /hʊf/ Rhymes: -ʌf === Noun === huff (plural huffs) A heavy breath; a grunt or sigh. (figurative) A condition of anger, annoyance, disgust, etc. in a huff (obsolete) One swelled with a false sense of importance or value; a boaster. (draughts) The act of removing an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it). ==== Translations ==== === Verb === huff (third-person singular simple present huffs, present participle huffing, simple past and past participle huffed) (intransitive) To breathe heavily. (intransitive) To say in a huffy manner. (intransitive) To enlarge; to swell up. (intransitive) To bluster or swell with anger, arrogance, or pride; to storm; to take offense. [from the 16th c.] (transitive) To treat with arrogance and insolence; to chide or rebuke rudely; to bully, to hector. (transitive, archaic) To vex; to offend. (transitive) To inhale psychoactive inhalants. [from the 20th c.] (transitive, draughts) To remove an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it). ==== Translations ==== === Derived terms === == Cimbrian == === Etymology === From Middle High German huf, from Old High German huf, from Proto-West Germanic *hupi, from Proto-Germanic *hupiz (“hip; haunch; upper part of the thigh”). Cognate with English hip, also German Hüfte (from an earlier plural form). === Noun === huff f (plural hüffe, diminutive hüffle) (Sette Comuni) thigh === Further reading === “huff” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974), Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo == Norwegian == === Etymology === Onomatopoeic. === Interjection === huff Expression of minor revulsion; minor horror. ==== Synonyms ==== uff ==== Derived terms ==== huffe huffing ==== Related terms ==== isj æsj === Noun === huff n An instance of uttering huff. ==== Inflection ==== ==== References ==== “huff” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary. “huff” in The Ordnett Dictionary