huff

Definitions

1. 1.To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully. You must not presume to huff us. Echard.
2. 2.(Draughts) To remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3.
3. 3.To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs.
4. 4.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.
5. 5.(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.
6. 6.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.
7. 7.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.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully. You must not presume to huff us. Echard called?
• What is to remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3 called?
• What is to enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is 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 called?