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Added 9 October 2026

huff

/hʌf/ noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about huff at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A heavy breath; a grunt or sigh.
With a huff, he lifted the box onto the back of the truck.
A condition of anger, annoyance, disgust, etc.
in a huff
One swelled with a false sense of importance or value; a boaster.

verb

To breathe heavily.
The run left him huffing and puffing.
To say in a huffy manner.
To enlarge; to swell up.
Bread huffs.

Origin

Probably an altered spelling of earlier *hough, represented by Scots hech (“to breathe hard, pant”). Compare also German hauchen (“to breathe”).

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