huff

huff is a 4-letter English word with 11 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 13 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air.
2. transitive verb. To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully.
3. transitive verb. To remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3.
4. intransitive verb. To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs.
5. intransitive verb. To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense.
6. intransitive verb. 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.
7. noun. A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage.
8. noun. A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance.
9. noun. a state of irritation or annoyance

   Synonyms: miff

10. verb. blow hard and loudly

    "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"

    Synonyms: chuff, puff

11. verb. inhale recreational drugs

    "The addict was snorting cocaine almost every day"

    "the kids were huffing glue"

    Synonyms: snort

Synonyms

miff, chuff, puff, snort

Common word forms

huffs, huffed, huffer, huffing

Words from these letters

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