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- Huff - v. t. - To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air.
- Huff - v. t. - To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully.
- Huff - v. t. - To remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3.
- Huff - v. i. - To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs.
- Huff - v. i. - To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense.
- Huff - v. i. - To remove from the board a man which could have captured a piece but has not done so; -- so called because it was the habit to blow upon the piece.
- Huff - n. - A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage.
- Huff - n. - A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance.
- Huffcap - n. - A blusterer; a bully.
- Huffcap - a. - Blustering; swaggering.
- Huffed - imp. & p. p. - of Huff
- Huffer - n. - A bully; a blusterer.
- Huffiness - n. - The state of being huffish; petulance; bad temper.
- Huffing - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Huff
- Huffingly - adv. - Blusteringly; arrogantly.
- Huffish - a. - Disposed to be blustering or arrogant; petulant.
- Huffy - a. - Puffed up; as, huffy bread.
- Huffy - a. - Characterized by arrogance or petulance; easily offended.