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huff

  [huhf]
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–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.
–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.
Origin:
1575–85; imit.; see puff

Synonyms:
1. temper, passion, pique, pet.
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huff   (hŭf)   
n.  A fit of anger or annoyance; a pique: stormed off in a huff.
v.   huffed, huff·ing, huffs

v.   intr.

  1. To puff; blow.

  2. To make noisy, empty threats; bluster.

  3. To react indignantly; take offense.

  4. Slang To inhale the fumes of a volatile chemical or substance as a means of becoming intoxicated.

v.   tr.

  1. To cause to puff up; inflate.

  2. To treat with insolence; bully.

  3. To anger; annoy.

  4. Slang To inhale the fumes of (a volatile chemical, for example) as a means of becoming intoxicated.


[Imitative of the sound of puffing.]
huff'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

huff 
c.1450, apparently imitative of exhaling. Extended sense of "bluster with indignation" is attested from 1599. Huffy "ready to take offense" is from 1680.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

huff compression
To compress data using Huffman coding. Various programs that use such methods have been called "HUFF" or some variant thereof.
Opposite: puff. Compare crunch, compress.
[The Jargon File]
(1994-12-23)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Idioms & Phrases

huff

In addition to the idiom beginning with huff, also see in a huff.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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