HUFF
\hˈʌf], \hˈʌf], \h_ˈʌ_f]\
Definitions of HUFF
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
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To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully.
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To remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3.
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To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs.
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To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense.
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A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully.
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To remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3.
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To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs.
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To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense.
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A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Sudden anger or arrogance: a fit of disappointment or anger: a boaster.
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To swell: to bully: to remove a “man†from the board for not capturing pieces open to him, as in draughts.
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To swell: to bluster.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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