Definitions for Huff

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Huff huff

Spelling: [huhf]

IPA: /hʌf/

Huff is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 8 anagrams from letters in Huff (ffhu).

Definitions for Huff

noun

1. a mood of sulking anger; a fit of resentment:

verb (used with object)

1. to give offense to; make angry.
2. to treat with arrogance or contempt; bluster at; hector or bully.
3. Checkers. to remove (a piece) from the board as a penalty for failing to make a compulsory capture.
4. Slang. to inhale the vapors of in order to become intoxicated:

verb (used without object)

1. to take offense; speak indignantly.
2. to puff or blow; breathe heavily.
3. to swell with pride or arrogance; swagger or bluster.

Origin of Huff

1575-85; imitative; see puff

Examples for Huff

But he threw me off his shoulders in a huff, among the daisies and the cyclamens.

“We have activities together, we see each other, we eat, we pet our dogs,” huff told The Daily Beast.

In response, Smith quit the party in a huff that July, trashing it as insufficiently principled on his way out the door.

Percy slammed down the cover and tossed away the can in a huff.

And despite all apology and protest, he left the house in a huff.

In elementary school, children will disagree and fight, then storm away in a huff and simply ignore each other.

Then, I left him, in a huff, declaring that he couldn't drive me away.

James left the kitchen in a huff to return to his duties in the breakfast-room.

So we salute you, Mr. Fielder, even as we continue to huff and puff at the gym in pursuit of those rippling ridges.

With that, he took a huff off a morning joint and moved into the throng of jovial patrons.