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chuffed
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Origin
chuffed
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adjective
British
Informal
.
delighted; pleased; satisfied.
Origin:
1855–60;
see
chuff
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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chuffed
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chuhft
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adjective
British
Informal
.
annoyed; displeased; disgruntled.
Origin:
1825–35;
compare dial. (mainly S England)
chuff, choff
ill-tempered, surly, probably to be identified with
chuff
1
chuff
3
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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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
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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