v. t. | 1. | To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; | |||
2. | To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully. | ||||
3. | (Draughts) To remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See Huff, | ||||
v. i. | 1. | To enlarge; to swell up; | |||
2. | To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense. | ||||
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. | ||||
n. | 1. | A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage. | |||
2. | A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance.
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Noun | 1. | huff - a state of irritation or annoyance Synonyms: miff, seeing red |
Verb | 1. | huff - inhale recreational drugs Synonyms: snort |
2. | huff - blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain" |
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. |