Huff

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own
        value or importance.
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              Lewd, shallow-brained huffs make atheism and
              contempt of religion the sole badge . . . of wit.
                                                    --South.
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     {To take huff}, to take offence. --Cowper.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke
        with insolence; to hector; to bully.
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              You must not presume to huff us.      --Echard.
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     3. (Draughts) To remove from the board (the piece which could
        have captured an opposing piece). See {Huff}, v. i., 3.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Huff \Huff\, v. i.
     1. To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs.
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     2. To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to
        storm; to take offense.
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              This senseless arrogant conceit of theirs made them
              huff at the doctrine of repentance.   --South.
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     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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  huff
       n : a state of irritation or annoyance [syn: {miff}, {seeing red}]
       v 1: inhale recreational drugs [syn: {snort}]
       2: blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his
          way up the mountain" [syn: {puff}, {chuff}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  143 Moby Thesaurus words for "huff":
     add to, aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, angered, annoy, annoyed,
     arouse, augment, blast, bloat, blow, blow a hurricane,
     blow great guns, blow over, blow up, bludgeon, bluster,
     bluster out of, breathe, breathe hard, breathe in, breathe out,
     breeze, breeze up, brew, bristle, broaden, browbeat, build,
     build up, bulk, bulk out, bulldoze, bully, chafe, come up, cough,
     cow, crescendo, demoralize, develop, dilate, distend, dragoon,
     dudgeon, embitter, enlarge, exasperate, exasperated, exhale,
     exhaust, expand, expel, expire, extend, ferment, freshen, fret,
     fume, gasp, gather, grate, gulp, hack, harass, heave, hector,
     hiccup, high dudgeon, hike, hike up, in a huff, in a pet, incense,
     increase, inflame, inflate, inhale, inspire, intimidate, irritate,
     irritated, magnify, miff, nettle, pant, peeve, peeved, pet,
     petulant, pipe up, pique, piqued, provoke, provoked, puff, puff up,
     pump, pump up, put out, rage, raise, rankle, rarefy, resentment,
     respire, rile, roil, ruffle, set in, set up, sigh, sneeze, sniff,
     sniffle, snore, snort, snuff, snuffle, squall, stew,
     stir the blood, stir up, storm, stretch, sufflate, swell,
     systematically terrorize, terrorize, testy, threaten, tiff,
     umbrage, up, vex, vexed, waft, wheeze, whiff, whiffle, widen,
     work up
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  huff v. To compress data using a Huffman code. Various programs that
     use such methods have been called `HUFF' or some variant thereof. Oppose
     {puff}. Compare {crunch}, {compress}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  huff
       
          To compress data using a {Huffman} code.  Various programs
          that use such methods have been called "HUFF" or some variant
          thereof.
       
          Opposite: {puff}.  Compare {crunch}, {compress}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1994-12-23)
       
       

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Huff, KY
    Zip code(s): 42250
  Huff, ND
    Zip code(s): 58537