Huff /(?)/

Huff

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Huffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Huffing

  1. To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air.
  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. To remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3. (Draughts)

Huff

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.
  3. 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. (Draughts)

Huff

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.

Phrases & Compounds

To take huff
to take offence.