单词 | chuff |
释义 | chuff chuff1 /chuf/, n. 1. a rustic. 2. a boor; churl. 3. a miserly fellow. [1400-50; late ME chuffe, of obscure orig.] chuff2 /chuf, choof/, adj. Brit. Dial. 1. chubby; fat. 2. swollen with pride; proud; elated. [1600-10; cf. earlier chuff puffed cheek, perh. repr. ME cholle JOWL2 conflated with uncert. elements] chuff3 /chuf/, n. 1. a sound of or like the exhaust of a steam engine. v.i. 2. to emit or proceed with chuffs: The train chuffed along. [1910-15; imit.] |
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