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huffer

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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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Slang Dictionary
huffer [ˈhəfɚ]

  1. n.
    a person (teenager) who inhales glue vapors or some other solvent for a high. (Drugs.) : The age of the huffers has come to an end. Now they start out on crack.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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