Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive verb
To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air.
- 2transitive verb
To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully.
- 3transitive verb
To remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See Huff. i., 3.
- 4intransitive verb
To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs.
- 5intransitive verb
To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense.
- 6intransitive 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.
- 7noun
A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage.
- 8noun
A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance.
- 9noun
a state of irritation or annoyance
Synonyms
- 10verb
blow hard and loudly
"he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"
- 11verb
inhale recreational drugs
"The addict was snorting cocaine almost every day"
"the kids were huffing glue"
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