chuffed - 4 dictionary results
chuffed
1
[chuhft] 
–adjective British Informal.
| delighted; pleased; satisfied. |
chuffed
2 [chuhft] –adjective British Informal.
| annoyed; displeased; disgruntled. |
Origin:
1825–35; cf. dial. (mainly S England) chuff, choff ill-tempered, surly, prob. to be identified with chuff 1
1825–35; cf. dial. (mainly S England) chuff, choff ill-tempered, surly, prob. to be identified with chuff 1
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; imit.
1910–15; imit.
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| chuff 2 (chŭf) intr.v. chuffed, chuf·fing, chuffs To produce or move with noisy puffing or explosive sounds: "Switch engines chuffed impatiently in busy rail yards" (Robert Paul Jordan). n. A noisy puffing or explosive sound, such as one made by a locomotive. [Imitative.] |
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