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huff

/hʌf/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A heavy breath; a grunt or sigh.
  2. An expression of anger, annoyance, disgust, etc.
  3. One swelled with a false sense of importance or value; a boaster.
  4. To breathe heavily.
  5. To say in a huffy manner.
  6. To enlarge; to swell up.
  7. To bluster or swell with anger, arrogance, or pride; to storm; to take offense.
  8. To treat with arrogance and insolence; to chide or rebuke rudely; to bully, to hector.
  9. To inhale psychoactive inhalants.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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