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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.
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2. To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully.
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You must not presume to huff us. Echard.
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3. (Draughts) To remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3.
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Huff, v. i. 1. To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs.
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2. To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense.
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This senseless arrogant conceit of theirs made them huff at the doctrine of repentance. South.
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3. (Draughts) To remove from the board a man which could have captured a piece but has not done so; -- so called because it was the habit to blow upon the piece.
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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.
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2. A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance.
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Lewd, shallow-brained huffs make atheism and contempt of religion the sole badge . . . of wit. South.
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To take huff, to take offence. Cowper.
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