noun
1.
a mood of sulking anger; a fit of resentment: Just because you disagree, don't walk off in a huff.
verb (used with object)
2.
to give offense to; make angry.
3.
to treat with arrogance or contempt; bluster at; hector or bully.
4.
Checkers. to remove (a piece) from the board as a penalty for failing to make a compulsory capture.
5.
Slang. to inhale the vapors of in order to become intoxicated: to huff glue.
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verb (used without object)
6.
to take offense; speak indignantly.
7.
to puff or blow; breathe heavily.
8.
to swell with pride or arrogance; swagger or bluster.
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huff (hʌf) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a passing mood of anger or pique (esp in the phrase in a huff) |
| —vb | |
| 2. | to make or become angry or resentful |
| 3. | (intr) to blow or puff heavily |
| 4. | draughts Also: blow to remove (an opponent's draught) from the board for failure to make a capture |
| 5. | obsolete (tr) to bully |
| 6. | huffing and puffing empty threats or objections; bluster |
| [C16: of imitative origin; compare | |
| 'huffish | |
| —adj | |
| 'huffy | |
| —adj | |
| 'huffily | |
| —adv | |
| 'huffishly | |
| —adv | |
| 'huffiness | |
| —n | |
| 'huffishness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
huff
mid-15c., apparently imitative of exhaling. Extended sense of "bluster with indignation" is attested from 1590s. Huffy "ready to take offense" is from 1670s.
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Computing Dictionary
huff definition
compressionTo compress data using Huffman coding. Various programs that use such methods have been called "HUFF" or some variant thereof.
Opposite: puff. Compare crunch, compress.
[Jargon File]
(1994-12-23)
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Example sentences
Huff argues the district court improperly applied a presumption of reasonableness to the applicable guidelines range.
Those of us pacing beneath listen to him grunt and huff.
The driver will shoo your hands away from the safety device with an exasperated huff.
Their work is complete when the victims log off in a huff.
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