Huff

v. t.	1.	To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air. [imp. & p. p. Huffed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Huffing.]
	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 (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3.
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.
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. Lewd, shallow-brained huffs make atheism and contempt of religion the sole badge . . . of wit. - South. To take huff to take offence. - Cowper.

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" Synonyms: chuff, puff

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.

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