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chuffed

1[chuhft]
adjective British Informal.
delighted; pleased; satisfied.

Origin:
1855–60; see chuff2, -ed2

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chuffed

2[chuhft]
adjective British Informal.
annoyed; displeased; disgruntled.

Origin:
1825–35; compare dial. (mainly S England) chuff, choff ill-tempered, surly, probably to be identified with chuff1

chuff

3[chuhf]
noun
1.
a sound of or like the exhaust of a steam engine.
verb (used without object)
2.
to emit or proceed with chuffs: The train chuffed along.

Origin:
1910–15; imitative
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chuffed (tʃʌft)
 
adj
slang (Brit) pleased or delighted: none too chuffed

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chuff
"pleased, happy," c.1860, British dial., from obs. chuff "swollen with fat" (1530). A second British dial. chuff has an opposite meaning, "displeased, gruff" (1832), from chuff "rude fellow" (c.1450).
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chuffed
"pleased, satisfied," 1957, see chuff.
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