Huff
(Huff) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Huffed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Huffing.] [Cf. OE. hoove to puff up, blow; prob.
of imitative origin.]
1. To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air. Grew.
2. To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully.
You must not presume to huff us.
Echard. 3. (Draughts) To remove from the board See Huff, v. i., 3.
Huff
(Huff), v. i.
1. To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs.
2. To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense.
THis senseless arrogant conceit of theirs made them huff at the doctrine of repentance.
South. 3. (Draughts) 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.
Huff
(Huff), n.
1. A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage. "Left
the place in a huff." W. Irving.
2. A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance.
Lewd, shallow-brained huffs make atheism and contempt of religion the sole badge . . . of wit.
South. To take huff, to take offence. Cowper.
Huffcap
(Huff"cap`) n. A blusterer; a bully. [Obs.] — a. Blustering; swaggering. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Huffer
(Huff"er) n. A bully; a blusterer. Hudibras.
Huffiness
(Huff"i*ness) n. The state of being huffish; petulance; bad temper. Ld. Lytton.
Huffingly
(Huff"ing*ly), adv. Blusteringly; arrogantly. [R.]
And huffingly doth this bonny Scot ride.
Old Ballad. Huffish
(Huff"ish), a. Disposed to be blustering or arrogant; petulant. — Huff"ish*ly, adv. — Huff"ish*ness,
n.
Huffy
(Huff"y) a.
1. Puffed up; as, huffy bread.
2. Characterized by arrogance or petulance; easily offended.
Hug
(Hug) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hugged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hugging.] [Prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan.
sidde paa huk to squat, Sw. huka sig to squat, Icel. hka. Cf. Huckster.]
1. To cower; to crouch; to curl up. [Obs.] Palsgrave.
2. To crowd together; to cuddle. [Obs.] Shak.
