huff > define

noun

• A state of irritation or annoyance.
  • synonyms: miff, seeing red

verb

• Inhale recreational drugs.
  • usage: "The addict was snorting cocaine almost every day"; "the kids were huffing glue"
  • synonyms: snort
• Blow hard and loudly.
  • usage: "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"
  • synonyms: puff, chuff

• (n.) A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance.
• (v.t.) To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air.
• (v.i.) To bluster or swell with anger, pride or arrogance; to storm; to take offense.
• (v.t.) To remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3.
• (v.i.) 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.
• (v.i.) To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs.
• (v.t.) To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully.
• (n.) A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage.