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huffn.

Brit. /hʌf/, U.S. /həf/
Etymology: See huff v.
†1. A puff of wind; a slight blast. Obsolete except in huff and puff (in some contexts influenced by sense 2).
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the world > matter > gas > air > moving air > [noun] > a movement of air > a blast or puff of air
blasta1000
pufflOE
huff1600
waft1650
waff1674
1600 Maydes Metamorphosis ii. sig. C3v This takes fier like touch powder, and goes off with a huffe.
1668 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) v. xxix. 496 An Huff of Phancy, which ignorant giddy Men may call the Spirit.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Pigeon The little huff of wind thrown in from the Powter [pigeon] gives them heat and mirth.
1961 John o' London's 9 Nov. 517/3 Nor do I really fancy Papermac's huff-and-puff.
1962 Listener 19 July 112/2 It seems a pity that this new era in telecommunications should be accompanied by an international huff-and-puff over priorities which at its worst comes perilously near to sub-lunar soap-opera.
1966 Listener 26 May 772/3 Even Ernesto is essentially a pallid version of those huff-and-puff baritones of Donizettian melodrama.
1967 G. Sims Last Best Friend ix. 82 ‘—ing old woman,’ Spiegl said. ‘All huff and puff.’
1973 Times 16 Mar. 14/4 We are going through a period of a great deal of huff and puff generated by consumer organizations.
figurative.1679 J. Dryden Troilus & Cressida Pref. sig. bv If they be in a Calm, 'tis in vain for him to be in a huff.
2.
a. A gust or sudden swell of anger or arrogance.
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the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > [noun] > fit(s) or outburst(s) of anger
wratha1200
wrethea1400
hatelc1400
angerc1425
braida1450
fumea1529
passion1530
fustian fume1553
ruff1567
pelt1573
spleen1590
blaze1597
huff1599
blustera1616
dog-flawa1625
overboiling1767
explosion1769
squall1807
blowout1825
flare-up1837
fit1841
bust-up1842
wax1854
Scot1859
pelter1861
ructions1862
performance1864
outfling1865
rise1877
detonation1878
flare-out1879
bait1882
paddy1894
paddywhack1899
wingding1927
wing-dinger1933
eppie1987
the mind > emotion > pride > swelling or inflation with pride > [noun] > sudden swell of pride
huff1599
1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 47 Some of the ministers of Spaine in the huffe of their pride have not beene able to hold in.
a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) VII. 242 An Anger that is but as the spleen of a Wasp, a short Phester and Huff of Passion.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vi. ii. 15 Early in the Spring, a difficult huff of quarrel..had fallen-out with his neighbour of Saxony.
b. A fit of petulance or offended dignity caused by an affront, real or supposed; esp. in in a huff, to take huff.The quots. before 1757 are doubtful and may belong to preceding: this sense is not in Johnson.
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the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > [noun] > fit of
wratha1200
pique1551
snuff1592
stumble1675
huff1757
cream puff1985
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [noun] > fit of
gloominga1400
terret1515
momurdotesc1540
the sullens1580
pirr1581
pet1590
snuff1592
mulligrubs1599
mumps1599
geea1605
mood1609
miff1623
tetch1623
frumps1671
strunt1721
hump1727
tiff1727
tift1751
huff1757
tig1773
tout1787
sulk1792
twita1825
fantigue1825
fuff1834
grumps1844
spell1856
the grumbles1861
grouch1895
snit1939
mardy1968
moody1969
strop1970
sull1972
cream puff1985
mard1998
1684 in Roxburghe Ballads (1886) VI. 171 Jockey he wondred at Moggie's strange huff; But Moggy was jealous, and that was enough.
1694 A. de la Pryme Diary (1870) i. 45 Upon which, in a great huff, he left the college.]
1757 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1889) I. 426 Every petty person must..be caressed or otherwise takes huff, thinks his merit and wisdom slighted.
1778 F. Burney Evelina II. xxiv. 228 She went out of the room quite in a huff.
1836 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney I. 4 Sir Charles having taken huff at my not being named after him.
1855 R. Browning Fra Lippo Lippi in Men & Women I. 52 You'll not mistake an idle word Spoke in a huff by a poor monk.
1869 C. Gibbon Robin Gray xxxi I wish..I hadna been sae ready to take the huff at him on Saturday.
†c. (?) A hectoring, a bullying. Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [noun] > instance of
bravade1579
brave1590
bravo1616
huff1773
Bobadilism1830
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > [noun] > instance or action of intimidating or bullying
daunta1400
dauntingc1400
fear1426
discomfort1512
discouraging1578
appalement1579
browbeating1581
appall1598
huffing1600
appaling1603
appalment1611
disheartening1619
intimidation1658
hectorism1672
bullying1680
bullocking1715
huff1773
bullyism1821
disheartenment1830
table-thumping1839
bulldozing1876
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [noun] > restraint or compulsion by threats > bullying
huffing1600
bullying1680
bullocking1715
huff1773
bullyism1821
1773 Life N. Frowde 13 Many a sour Look from my Uncle, and many a Huff and Blow from his Wife.
†3. Inflated opinion of oneself, and its display; arrogance, bluster, bounce, brag. Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > pride > arrogance > [noun]
prideOE
overgartc1175
surquidrya1250
stuntisea1327
arrogance1340
insolencec1386
surquidyc1407
succudryc1425
lordliness1440
arrogancy1477
ogartc1480
wantonness?a1505
stateliness1509
insolencya1513
surquidancea1525
superbityc1540
imperiousness1582
surliness1587
super-arrogation1593
insolentness1594
assumption1609
self-assumption1609
huff1611
imperiosity1618
superarrogancy1620
lordship1633
self-assuming1644
alazony1656
high-handednessa1658
fast1673
arrogantness1756
overbearance1766
swaggera1821
huffishness1841
you-be-damnedness1885
high and mighty1924
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [noun]
facing1481
blusteringa1494
flirdom?a1500
bravity1546
bravery1548
roistingc1560
bravado1583
roister-doisterdom1592
swash1593
swaggeringa1596
huffing1600
hufty1609
huff1611
brustling1622
hufty-tufty1633
bouncing1634
hectorism1672
huffiness1678
bluster1692
bounce1714
bravadoism1833
fanfaronading1837
bush1840
huffishness1841
swashbuckling1888
bucko1909
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Palmer les cheveux des orgueilleux, to quell or abate, the huffe of the prowd.
1658 J. Harrington Prerogative Pop. Govt. To Rdr. sig. A2v A way with..this huff of wisdom maintain'd by making faces.
1694 R. L'Estrange Fables (1714) cxviii. 135 A Spaniard was Wonderfully upon the Huff about his Extraction.
1697 T. Creech tr. Manilius Five Bks. v. xxvii. 73 The School's Simplicity, the Court's Address, The Souldier's Huff.
†4. One puffed up with conceit of his own importance, valour, etc.; one who blusters or swaggers; a hector, a bully. Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [noun] > person
jettera1400
flirdom?a1500
facerc1500
termagant1508
rutterkina1529
bellomy1535
bystour1535
roister1549
swash1549
rush-buckler1551
roisterkin1553
swashbuckler1560
dash-buckler1567
swinge-buckler?1577
whiffler1581
huff-snuff1582
swish-swash1582
fixnet1583
swag1588
swasher?1589
kill-cow1590
roister-doister1592
dagger1597
flaunting Fabian1598
tisty-tosty1598
huff-cap1600
swaggerer1600
burgullian1601
huff-muff1602
tear-cat1606
blusterer1609
wag-feather1611
wind-cutter1611
bilbo-lorda1625
tearer1633
cacafuegoa1640
bravado1643
Hector1655
scaramouch1662
swashado1663
huffer1664
bluster-mastera1670
Drawcansir1672
bully huff1673
huff1674
belswagger1680
valienton1681
blunderbuss1685
Draw can bully1698
bouncer1764
Bobadil1771
bounce1819
pistol1828
sacripant1829
hufty1847
bucko1883
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > violent treatment or force > masterful or bullying > person
slasher1559
cutter1569
bangsterc1570
hackster1574
hacker1576
swish-swash1582
burgullian1601
bully1604
bully ruffian1653
huff1674
bully-back1693
bully beau1696
shoulder-hitter1856
shoulder-striker1860
whitecapper1887
Macoute1991
1674 S. Vincent Young Gallant's Acad. 91 No man is Valianter than our Huff in civil Company, and where he thinks no danger may come of it.
1678 Advice to Soldier in Harl. Misc. I. 479 To receive the laws of honour from the hectors and huffs of the town.
1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 48 A Company of Lewd, Shallow-brain'd Huffs.
1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical x. 130 Every Silly Huff [is call'd] a Captain.
1708 W. Darrell Suppl. to 1st Pt. Gentleman Instructed viii. 174 This young Huff commanded a Serjeant to pay him Respect.
†5. A puffing up or artificial raising. Obsolete.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [noun] > specifically of the shoulders
shruggingc1460
huff1630
1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 51 A better purchase than the Italian huffe of the shoulder [cf. huff-shoulders in 9].
6. local. (See quots.)
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pastry > [noun] > pastry crust or case
coffinc1420
rollera1475
pasty crust1562
custard coffin1581
piecrust1582
crust1598
kissing-crust1708
dripping crust1747
short crust1747
standing crust1747
huff1787
croustade1845
turban1846
1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Huff, light paste enclosing fruit or meat whilst stewing, so called from its huffing or puffing up in the operation. Generally made with yeast. Glouc.
1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Words County of Gloucester Huff, light pastry, or pie crust.
7. Draughts. An act of ‘huffing’: see huff v. 8.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > draughts > [noun] > actions
huffing1864
huff?1870
goose-walk1892
?1870 F. Hardy & J. R. Ware Mod. Hoyle , Draughts 110 The act of ‘huffing’ is not reckoned as a move; a ‘huff and a move’ go together.
?1870 F. Hardy & J. R. Ware Mod. Hoyle , Draughts 110 It is called ‘standing the huff’ when a player instead of taking the man which is en prise, makes some other move.
1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words A huff is still accompanied by a blow on the piece.
8. = huff-cap n. 1. dialect.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > ale > [noun] > strong ale
merry-go-downa1500
king's ale1574
nippitatum1576
angels' food1577
huff-cap1577
mad dog1577
lift-leg1587
barley-broth1593
huma1625
stitchback1671
bummocka1688
hum-cap1699
Burton1738
stitch1742
old boy1743
barley-bree1786
huff1790
Morocco1792
old1884
1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Huff, in Wiltshire it signifies strong beer.
1866 R. B. Mansfield School Life Winchester Coll. 180 (Farmer) Washed down by libations of huff.
1891 R. G. K. Wrench Winchester Word-bk. Huff, the strong beer brewed in College.

Compounds

† huff-cod n. Obsolete a kind of pea, ? one with a swollen pod.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > pea > other types of pea or pea-plant
rouncival1570
garden pea1573
field pease1597
vale-grey1615
rose pea1629
hotspur1663
seven-year pea1672
rathe-ripe1677
huff-codc1680
pigeon pea1683
hog-pease1686
shrub pea1691
field pea1707
pea1707
crown pea1726
maple rouncival1731
marrowfat1731
moratto1731
pig pea1731
sickle-pea1731
hog pea1732
maple pea1732
marrow pea1733
black eye?1740
egg-pea1744
magotty bay bean1789
Prussian1804
maple grey1805
partridge pea1812
Prussian blue1822
scimitar1834
marrow1855
fill-basket1881
string-pea1891
mattar1908
vining pea1959
c1680 Enquiries 2/2 The Rose Pea, the Horn Pea, large Huffcods.
† huff-gale n. Obsolete a strong wind.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > strong or violent wind
birra1325
racka1400
galea1547
Euroclydon1561
huff-gale1582
whiskera1598
gale-wind1628
sniffler1768
snifter1768
storm wind1839
buster1848
snorter1855
snorer1871
blusterer1877
ripsnorter1889
smeller1898
hurricane wind1921
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 77 Too stay for a better passadge, for a prosperus hufgale.
† huff-shoulders n. Obsolete elevated shoulders (cf. 5).
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the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > shoulders
huff-shoulders1650
hump-shoulder1704
round-shoulderedness1836
1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis xvi. 162 In the Island Tapobrana, High huff-shoulders are in fashion.
† huff-shouldered adj. Obsolete having such shoulders.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > back > shoulder > [adjective] > types of
house-shouldered1552
huff-shouldered1590
broad-shouldered1591
thick-shouldered1965
1590 Cobler of Caunterburie 59 Huffe shouldred, and of a wrinckled visage.
1598 R. Hakluyt tr. in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 21 Rough and huf-shouldred.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

† huffadj.

Etymology: perhaps for huft, huffed, < huff v.
rare.
Offended, out of temper; huffed.
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the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > [adjective]
wrothc950
disdainousc1430
indigned1490
wrath1535
disdainful1548
stomachate1575
indignant1590
dudgeon1592
snarling1593
grudgeful1596
stomached1603
offended1607
stomachful1610
injured1634
indign1652
resentful1656
disobliged1673
piqued1689
begrudging1693
sorea1694
huff1714
indignant1744
dudgeoned1796
miff1797
miffed1805
ear-sore1865
niffed1880
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [adjective] > in an ill humour
maltalenta1578
in a jeer1579
in suds1611
sullen-sick1614
in the pouts1615
out of sorts1621
cross1639
off the hooks1662
huff1714
sulkinga1777
as cross as a bear1838
sore-headed1844
sore-head1862
baity1921
1714 C. Johnson Country Lasses v. i This little huff-bluff Hector will let no body lie with your family but himself.
a1732 J. Gay Fables (1738) II. i. 6 Reynard grew huff. Says he, This sneer From you I little thought to hear.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

huffv.

Brit. /hʌf/, U.S. /həf/
Etymology: Huff verb and noun appear late in the 16th cent.; the verb being somewhat the earlier. The formation was evidently imitative of the sound of a blast of air through an orifice: compare the earlier use of huff int., and the parallel puff. In Preston's Cambyses (c1570), Huff , Ruff , and Snuff are the names of three ruffians; connected possibly with sense 4 and huff n. 3, 4. See also huff-snuff n. huff-nosed adj. appears to be an early derivative.
†1. intransitive. To blow, puff. Obsolete exc. dialect and in to huff and puff (in some contexts not distinguishable from sense 4).
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > exhalation > exhale [verb (intransitive)]
breathea1382
spirea1382
blazec1384
inspire1513
tuff?1553
to breathe out1576
huff1582
expire1633
outbreathe1638
aspirec1750
exhale1863
the world > matter > gas > air > moving air > move (of air) [verb (intransitive)] > produce current of air
blowc1000
huff1582
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > have or cause breathing disorder [verb (intransitive)] > become short of breath > pant
fnastc1000
puffc1300
pantc1350
fnesec1386
blowc1440
bluster1530
pech1538
pantlea1626
pank1669
heave1679
fuff1721
pipe1814
huff1881
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 59 Too se in what quarter yt huffeth: How stands thee wind blast..he marcketh.
1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in True Vse Armorie 83 So Æolus huffs, so billowes big arise.
1625 T. Middleton Game at Chæss iv. ii My conscience is becalm'd rather. I'm sure there is a whirlwind huffs in mine, sir.
1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino i. 11 His Stormy Godship [Æolus] huffs about the Skies, With two and thirty Pointed Deities.
1881 H. Smith & C. R. Smith Isle of Wight Words Hough, to breathe hard. ‘Gwine up~hill makes me huff.’
1890 J. Jacobs Eng. Fairy Tales xiv. 69 Then I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house in.
1959 Times 11 Nov. 13/6 But it would be unrealistic to think that by huffing and puffing at him..the General can be made to change his mind.
1963 Guardian 1 Oct. 8/6 Mr. Liukov may huff and puff..about pernicious Western influences..but the Bulgarians..are discovering..a sense of humour.
1967 Listener 13 July 57/2 Sarah [Churchill] herself never mastered the techniques of politics; she huffed and she puffed but at the end of it all few houses had been blown down.
1971 Daily Tel. 13 Jan. 1 Ministers were undisturbed by all the huffing and puffing against the Industrial Relations Bill at the Albert Hall last night.
†2. transitive. To blow; esp. to blow or puff up; to inflate, cause to swell; to raise or erect by inflating or the like. Also figurative. Obsolete. Cf. huff-cap adj. and n.
ΘΠ
the world > matter > gas > air > [verb (transitive)] > inflate
abloweOE
blowc1425
inflate1528
huff1601
sufflate1616
puff1679
plima1691
balloon1906
the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (transitive)] > distend > inflate
forblow1413
puffc1460
inflate1528
huff1601
sufflate1616
plima1691
balloon1784
bloat1815
gas1919
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 39 The said winde within the earth, able to huffe vp the ground.
1613 J. Sylvester Elegie to M. D. Hill 138 Lest I, Too-puft with knowledge, should be huft too-hie.
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry V ccxcviii, in Poems (1878) IV. 175 Barmye Brains huffs vp the rotten Paist Made apt to mould.
1675 J. Covel Diary in J. T. Bent Early Voy. Levant (1893) ii. 256 A sheet of fire, which..huft my hat and vest like a mighty gust of wind.
1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra i. xiii. 97 Huffing them up with a confidence that they are above the Temptation.
1718 F. Hutchinson Hist. Ess. conc. Witchcraft i. 8 They can huff up their Bellies, that they may seem much swell'd.
1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth V. 269 I Will that Butchers Huff their Meat.
†3.
a. intransitive. To swell, swell up. Obsolete exc. dialect.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (intransitive)] > distend > swell
swellOE
to-swellc1000
bolnec1325
pluma1398
bladderc1440
boldena1510
to bulk1551
hove1590
tympanize1607
outswell1612
tumefy1615
extuberate1623
heave1629
blister1644
puff1648
huff1656
intumesce1794
pluff1831
balloon1841
turgesce1864
tumesce1966
1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked xxiii. §285 A wart, a wen..a bunch huffing up.
1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) ii. 191 A world of shirt huffing about his wrist.
a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 168 They huff and swell, Like Pilferers full of what they steal.
1693 T. P. Blount Nat. Hist. 79 Cochinele..being held..in the Flame of a Candle..huffs and swells.
1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. Huff, to become swollen and puffy, as the flesh where a blow has been received.
†b. To effervesce. Obsolete.
ΘΠ
the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > effervesce [verb (intransitive)]
burble1303
blubberc1400
bubblea1475
buller1535
seethe1535
bell1598
huff1707
wobble1725
effervesce1784
sotter1834
blob1855
upbubble1865
petillate1942
1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. p. xxviii Syder, Beer, and Ale do not keep well here; they huff and fly in this strange climate.
†4. intransitive. To puff or swell with pride or arrogance; to speak arrogantly or insolently; to storm, bluster, ‘talk big’; to ‘bluff’. Also to huff it. to huff and ding: see ding v.1 4b. Obsolete.
ΘΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > bluster [verb (intransitive)]
face1440
brace1447
ruffle1484
puff1490
to face (something) out with a card of ten?1499
to face with a card of ten?1499
cock1542
to brave it1549
roist1563
huff1598
swagger1600
ruff1602
tear1602
bouncec1626
to bravade the street1634
brustle1648
hector1661
roister1663
huffle1673
ding1679
fluster1698
bully1733
to bluster like bull-beef1785
swell1795
buck1880
swashbuckle1897
loudmouth1931
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Scorrubbiare, to chafe..to huffe and snuffe.
a1626 J. Horsey Relacion Trav. in E. A. Bond Russia at Close of 16th Cent. (1856) 238 The burger-meister..hufft therat, saienge they would pass with their shippinge in spight of the Quen of Englands power.
1677 tr. A.-N. Amelot de La Houssaie Hist. Govt. Venice 300 After they had baul'd and huffed a good while one against another, they fell at length to Cuffs.
1678 R. L'Estrange tr. Of Happy Life xxi. 284 in Seneca's Morals Abstracted (1679) A Man may..Huff it out, and yet be Rotten at Heart.
1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 109 He refused, and huffed as well as he could, but in heart he was afraid.
1720 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth VI. 249 The Pedlar began to huff, And said his Measure was good.
a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. iv. 264 He..walked about well-dressed, huffing and swaggering.
5. intransitive. To swell with anger or irritation; to get out of temper, take offence. Also †to huff it.
ΘΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > be or become resentful [verb (intransitive)]
to pick (also peck) mooda1225
disdaina1382
endeigna1382
indeign1382
risec1390
to take offencea1393
to take pepper in the nose1520
stomach1557
offenda1578
sdeigna1593
huff1598
to snuff pepper1624
check1635
to bear, owe (a person) a grudge1657
to take check1663
to take (‥) umbrage1683
to ride rusty1709
to flame out, up1753
to take a niff1777
niff1841
spleen1885
to put one's shoulder out1886
to have (or get) the spike1890
derry1896
1598 B. Jonson Euery Man in his Humor i. ii And still you huffe it, with a kind of carriage As void of wit, as of humanitie.
1611 E. Phillips in T. Coryate Crudities sig. c7v For which let not our carping Criticks huffe.
1678 T. Rymer Trag. Last Age 12 Did ever man huff with such a parenthesis?
1703 W. Burkitt Expos. Notes New Test. Acts viii. 31 Some would have hufft at it as a rude Affront.
1840 F. Marryat Olla Podrida III. 302 The..woman has huffed, and won't trust me.
6.
a. transitive. To hector, bully; to scold, chide, storm at. (Cf. modern colloquial ‘to blow up’.)
ΘΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > intimidate or bully [verb (transitive)]
awec1225
bashc1375
palla1393
argh1393
formengea1400
matea1400
boasta1522
quail1526
brag1551
appale1563
browbeat1581
adaw1590
overdare1590
dastard1593
strike1598
disdare1612
cowa1616
dare1619
daw1631
bounce1640
dastardize1645
intimidate1646
hector1664
out-hector1672
huff1674
bully1685
harass1788
bullyraga1790
major1829
haze1851
bullock1875
to push (someone) around1900
to put the frighteners in, on1958
psych1963
vibe1979
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] > scold
chidec1230
ban1340
tongue1388
rate1393
flite14..
rehetec1400
janglec1430
chafec1485
rattle1542
berate1548
quarrel1587
hazen?1608
bequarrel1624
huff1674
shrewa1687
to claw away, off1692
tongue-pad1707
to blow up1710
scold1718
rag1739
redd1776
bullyraga1790
jaw1810
targe1825
haze1829
overhaul1840
tongue-walk1841
trim1882
to call down1883
tongue-lash1887
roar1917
to go off at (a person)1941
chew1948
wrinch2009
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > utter with bluster or bravado [verb (transitive)] > force or intimidate by
swagger1608
bounce1640
hector1664
huff1674
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > threaten (evil, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > restrain or force by threatening > bully
swagger1608
bounce1640
hector1664
huff1674
huff1680
bully1685
bullyraga1790
bullock1875
advantage1921
1674 S. Vincent Young Gallant's Acad. 79 If he cannot have as much as he demands, presently huffs the good~natured man his Father.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 144 And she has huffed poor Mr. Williams all to-pieces, for pleading for me.
1786 H. Piozzi Ancedotes 150 I asked him, if he ever huffed his wife about his dinner?
1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall I. 127 Quarrelling with his bread and butter, and huffing the waiter.
1862 Mrs. Sewell Patience Hart xxii. 151 It seemed no use to huff him; he only got the bolder.
b. To drive to, into, off, do out of, etc. by huffing or hectoring.
ΘΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > utter with bluster or bravado [verb (transitive)] > drive out by blustering
huff1680
outbluster1747
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > intimidate or bully [verb (transitive)] > drive to or force by bullying
swagger1608
huff1680
bully1696
outbluster1747
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > threaten (evil, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > restrain or force by threatening > bully
swagger1608
bounce1640
hector1664
huff1674
huff1680
bully1685
bullyraga1790
bullock1875
advantage1921
1680 R. Ferguson Let. to Person of Honour conc. Kings Disavowing 2 They can huffe and over-awe him to things most opposite to his Judgment.
1685 H. More Paralipomena Prophetica 370 As for that gross Arianism..it was hufft off the Stage betimes.
1692 T. P. Blount Ess. 150 No man cares to be Huff'd and Hector'd out of it.
1710 D. Manley Mem. Europe II. 259 If an Action was to be precipitated, and Cæsar huff'd into compliance.
c. To treat with arrogance or contempt.
ΘΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > treat with contempt
unworthc950
to make scorn at, toc1320
to take in vainc1330
despise1377
rebuke?a1400
despite1481
indign1490
to make a mumming of1523
flock1545
scandalize1566
to make coarse account of1578
misregard1582
overpeer1583
to make a pish at (also of)1593
to make a push at1600
to bite by the nose1602
blurta1625
to piss ona1625
to make wash-way of, with1642
trample1646
huff1677
snouch1761
to walk over (the course)1779
to run over ——1816
snoot1928
shaft1959
1677 T. D'Urfey Madam Fickle v. 54 You shall be hufft and cufft, and flip'd and kick'd, Sirra, if you talk of private Rooms.
1786 R. Burns Twa Dogs xii, in Poems 14 How huff'd, an' cuff'd, an' disrespecket!
1859 J. C. Fairbairn Hymns & Poems 92 Alcmena's son advanced, the beast in scorn Huffed the uplifted club and brandished spear.
1882 C. H. Spurgeon Serm. XXVIII. 123 Pilate had huffed it off with the pert question [etc.].
7. To offend the dignity of, as by discourtesy or want of attention; to cause to take offence, put into a huff. Chiefly in passive.
ΘΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > be indignant at or resent [verb (transitive)] > excite to indignation or resentment
grieve1362
disdain1530
stomach1596
rufflea1616
disoblige1632
pique1671
huff1793
miff1811
umbragea1894
dudgeon1906
1793 M. Rishton Let. 12 Aug. in F. Burney Jrnls. & Lett. (1972) II. 185 I am a horrid Coward and get huffed every time we drive out.
1800 Aurora (Philadelphia) 18 Dec. The Philadelphia Gazette is huffed at our stating a fact.
1814 F. Burney Wanderer III. 190 Which huffed me a little, I own.
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Huff, to offend. ‘She's easily huffed.’
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iv. x. 495 Serene Highness of Heidelberg was much huffed; Kaiser dreadfully so.
1865 M. Eyre Lady's Walks South of France xvii. 193 She felt huffed at my supposing anything so vulgar.
1887 Times 31 Aug. 5/1 The Prince contrived to huff M. Stambouloff in his second interview with him.
1906 J. M. Synge Lett. to Molly (1971) 50 Dont imagine I'm huffed or anything, little heart, I'm only weary.
1969 Listener 17 Apr. 535/2 I don't know whether to be huffed or pleased about it.
8. Draughts. To remove (an opponent's man) from the board as a forfeit for deliberately or neglectfully failing to take with it a piece that is en prise. The removal was (and is still sometimes) marked by blowing on the piece. (Called in Scottish to blaw or blow, in German blasen, French souffler une dame.)R. Holme uses ‘huff’ for the taking of the men at draughts in the ordinary progress of the game; Halliwell has also ‘In Chess, to remove a conquered man from the board’. Evidence for these uses has not been found, but Dutch blazen ‘to blow’ is used in chess, draughts and backgammon.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > draughts > [verb (transitive)] > actions
huff1688
block1850
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 264/2 If a Man [at Draughts] may leap over his Adversaries Man's Head to a Void square, that Man is Huffed, that is he taken up as a slain Man.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) At..Draughts to Huff is to take up and blow off a Man, that the Adversary by oversight let slip from taking another.
1812 Sporting Mag. 39 74 You may decline huffing an adversary's piece.
1857 Chambers's Information for People (new ed.) II. 710/2 If a player omit to take a man when it is in his power to do so, his adversary can huff or blow him—that is, either take the man, or insist upon his own being taken.
9. slang. (See quot. 1832.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > rob [verb (transitive)] > attack and rob
huff1832
garrotte1858
mug1864
to jack up1965
steam1987
1832 Examiner 845/1 Johnson huffed, as it is called, the murdered man; that is, threw his arms over his victim's shoulders, and took the money from his pockets..Johnson huffed and Fare robbed the deceased.
†10. To scare away by calling huff! [huff int.]
ΘΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing physical symptoms > cause physical symptoms [verb (transitive)] > frighten away > scare away by calling huff
huff1621
1621 H. Ainsworth Annot. Five Bks. Moses, Bk. Psalmes & Song of Songs (1639) 58 The fowles came downe upon the carkeises: and Abraham huffed them away.
1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. xv. 10) 127 The fowls that came down upon them..Abrams huffing of them away.
11. Military slang. To kill.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (transitive)]
swevec725
quelmeOE
slayc893
quelleOE
of-falleOE
ofslayeOE
aquellc950
ayeteeOE
spillc950
beliveOE
to bring (also do) of (one's) life-dayOE
fordoa1000
forfarea1000
asweveOE
drepeOE
forleseOE
martyrOE
to do (also i-do, draw) of lifeOE
bringc1175
off-quellc1175
quenchc1175
forswelta1225
adeadc1225
to bring of daysc1225
to do to deathc1225
to draw (a person) to deathc1225
murder?c1225
aslayc1275
forferec1275
to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275
martyrc1300
strangle1303
destroya1325
misdoa1325
killc1330
tailc1330
to take the life of (also fro)c1330
enda1340
to kill to (into, unto) death1362
brittena1375
deadc1374
to ding to deathc1380
mortifya1382
perisha1387
to dight to death1393
colea1400
fella1400
kill out (away, down, up)a1400
to slay up or downa1400
swelta1400
voida1400
deliverc1400
starvec1425
jugylc1440
morta1450
to bring to, on, or upon (one's) bierc1480
to put offc1485
to-slaya1500
to make away with1502
to put (a person or thing) to silencec1503
rida1513
to put downa1525
to hang out of the way1528
dispatch?1529
strikea1535
occidea1538
to firk to death, (out) of lifec1540
to fling to deathc1540
extinct1548
to make out of the way1551
to fet offa1556
to cut offc1565
to make away?1566
occise1575
spoil1578
senda1586
to put away1588
exanimate1593
unmortalize1593
speed1594
unlive1594
execute1597
dislive1598
extinguish1598
to lay along1599
to make hence1605
conclude1606
kill off1607
disanimate1609
feeze1609
to smite, stab in, under the fifth rib1611
to kill dead1615
transporta1616
spatch1616
to take off1619
mactate1623
to make meat of1632
to turn up1642
inanimate1647
pop1649
enecate1657
cadaverate1658
expedite1678
to make dog's meat of1679
to make mincemeat of1709
sluice1749
finisha1753
royna1770
still1778
do1780
deaden1807
deathifyc1810
to lay out1829
cool1833
to use up1833
puckeroo1840
to rub out1840
cadaverize1841
to put under the sod1847
suicide1852
outkill1860
to fix1875
to put under1879
corpse1884
stiffen1888
tip1891
to do away with1899
to take out1900
stretch1902
red-light1906
huff1919
to knock rotten1919
skittle1919
liquidate1924
clip1927
to set over1931
creasea1935
ice1941
lose1942
to put to sleep1942
zap1942
hit1955
to take down1967
wax1968
trash1973
ace1975
1919 Athenæum 23 May 360/2 Unmitigated slang, like..‘to huff’ for ‘to kill’.
1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 122 To be huffed, to be killed.
1933 E. Partridge Words, Words, Words! iii. 197 The English synonyms for death..huffed; out of mess, dead.

Derivatives

huffed adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > swelling or inflation with pride > [adjective]
to-bollenc1175
bolledc1375
bolnedc1380
swollenc1386
blown1483
puffed?a1500
inflate?1504
bellieda1533
bladder-puffed1549
uppuffed1573
huffling1582
swellinga1586
upblown1590
tumorous1603
windy1603
windy-headed1603
huffed1605
flown1606
huff-pufft1608
puff-pasted1610
turgid1620
turgent1621
high-blown1623
tympanous1625
bladdered1633
tympaneda1634
tumoured1635
tympanied1637
enormous1641
over-leaven1648
flatulent1658
tympany-like1658
huffy1677
tumefied1677
blubbered1699
full-blown1699
bloated1731
tympanitical1772
inflated1785
pompholygous1855
overblown1864
forblown-
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > draughts > [adjective] > actions
huffed1871
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. ii. 63 Thy huft, puft, painted, curld, purld Wanton Pride.
1871 Daily News 21 Sept. The Generals who blunder..should be scored off and placed aside, like the huffed pieces of the draftboard.

Draft additions September 2006

transitive. Chiefly U.S. (originally slang). To inhale the fumes from (a volatile substance, an aerosol, etc.) deliberately, in order to become intoxicated. Also intransitive.Typically the substance used as an intoxicant is a common, legal, household product.
ΚΠ
1970 Crime in Amer.: Youth Gang Warfare (U.S. House Sel. Comm. on Crime) 128 These boys are now huffing lacquer thinner and the older members..sell this to boys for $1 a quart.
1989 M. Dorris Broken Cord ix. 138 They stole. They huffed. They didn't report to their parole officer.
1991 D. Gaines Teenage Wasteland i. 21 Two more burnouts huffing octane in garage #74.
2002 Washington Post (Electronic ed.) 22 Mar. b5 Parents who catch their children huffing tend not to call authorities, inhalant-awareness advocates say.
2005 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 20 Jan. 5 In Toronto schools, 3% of students said they had tried huffing glue..and 8% had tried other inhalants.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† huffint.

Etymology: Of same origin as huff v.
Obsolete.
1. A sound to scare away birds, etc.: = shoo int.1
ΘΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [interjection] > shoo, etc.
shoo1483
huff1486
st1552
hoosh1874
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [interjection] > to birds or animals
shoo1483
huff1486
1486 Bk. St. Albans D j b Cry huff, huff, huff, and make the fowle to spryng.
2. An exclamation attributed to a swaggerer or bully, esp. when introduced on the stage.
ΘΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [interjection]
huffc1485
huffa?1520
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [interjection] > other specific cries or exclamations
oeOE
heya1225
ouc1300
we13..
hac1320
how1377
how now?c1380
vaha1382
ha a!c1386
ha ha!c1386
hoa1400
ohoa1400
yowc1440
yoa1475
heh1475
hey ho?c1475
huffc1485
wemaya1500
whewa1500
wow1513
huffa?1520
gup?1528
ist1540
whow1542
hougha1556
whoo1570
good-now1578
ooh1602
phew1604
highday1606
huh1608
whoo-whoop1611
sessaa1616
tara1672
hegh1723
hip1735
waugha1766
whoofa1766
jee1786
goody1796
yaw1797
hech1808
whoo-ee1811
whizz1812
yah1812
soh1815
sirs1816
how1817
quep1822
soho1825
ow1834
ouch1838
pfui1838
suz1844
shoo1845
yoop1847
upsadaisy1862
houp-la1870
hooch1871
nu1892
ouff1898
upsy1903
oo-er1909
ooh-wee1910
eina1913
oops1921
whoopsie1923
whoops-a-daisy1925
hot-cha-cha1929
upsadaisy1929
walla1929
hotcha1931
hi-de-ho1936
po po po1936
ho-de-ho1941
oh, oh1944
oopsy1956
chingas1984
bambi2007
c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 491 Her xal entyr a galavnt þus seyyng: Hof hof hof, a frysch new galavnt!
?1515 Hyckescorner (de Worde) sig. C.iiii Huffe huffe huffe who sent after me I am Imagynacyon full of Iolyte.
1584 R. Wilson Three Ladies of London sig. Aiii Huffe once alofte and if I may hit in the right vayne.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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