chuffest
adjective British Dialect.
1.
chubby; fat.
2.
swollen with pride; proud; elated.
Origin:
1600–10; compare earlier chuff puffed cheek, perhaps representing Middle English cholle jowl2 conflated with uncertain elements
1600–10; compare earlier chuff puffed cheek, perhaps representing Middle English cholle jowl2 conflated with uncertain elements
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chuff1 (tʃʌf) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a puffing sound of or as if of a steam engine |
| —vb | |
| 2. | (intr) to move while emitting such sounds: the train chuffed on its way |
| [C20: of imitative origin] | |
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| chuff2 (tʃʌf) | |
| —n | |
| dialect a boor; churl; sullen fellow | |
| [C17: from obsolete chuff (n) fat cheek, of obscure origin] | |
| chuff3 (tʃʌf) | |
| —vb | |
| slang (Brit) (tr; usually passive) to please or delight: he was chuffed by his pay rise | |
| [probably from chuff (adj) pleased, happy (earlier: chubby), from C16 chuff (obsolete n) a fat cheek, of unknown origin] | |
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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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