huff

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Noun

1. A [[heavy]] [[breath]]; a [[grunt#Noun|grunt]] or [[sigh#Noun|sigh]].
2. {{lb|en|figurative}} A [[condition]] of [[anger]], [[annoyance]], [[disgust#Noun|disgust]], etc.
3. {{lb|en|obsolete}} One [[swell#Verb|swelled]] with a [[false]] [[sense#Noun|sense]] of [[importance]] or [[value#Noun|value]]; a [[boaster]].
4. {{lb|en|draughts}} The act of removing an opponent's piece as a [[forfeit]] for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it).

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[breathe]] heavily.
2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[say#Verb|say]] in a [[huffy]] [[manner#Noun|manner]].
3. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[enlarge]]; to [[swell up]].
4. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[bluster#Verb|bluster]] or [[swell#Verb|swell]] with [[anger#Noun|anger]], [[arrogance]], or [[pride]]; to [[storm#Verb|storm]]; to take [[offense#Noun|offense]]. {{defdate|from the 16th c.}}
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[treat#Verb|treat]] with arrogance and [[insolence]]; to [[chide]] or [[rebuke#Verb|rebuke]] [[rudely]]; to [[bully#Verb|bully]], to [[hector#Verb|hector]].
6. {{lb|en|transitive|archaic}} To [[vex]]; to [[offend]].
7. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[inhale]] [[psychoactive]] [[inhalant]]s. {{defdate|from the 20th c.}}
8. {{lb|en|transitive|draughts}} To remove an opponent's piece as a [[forfeit]] for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it).

Proper noun

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