noun Download 🔗Share A heavy breath; a grunt or sigh. Examples : "With a huff, he lifted the box onto the back of the truck." physiology body sound Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An expression of anger, annoyance, disgust, etc. Examples : "After hearing he had to redo the assignment, he let out a frustrated huff. " attitude emotion character Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share One swelled with a false sense of importance or value; a boaster. Examples : "The new student was a real huff, always boasting about his perfect test scores. " character person attitude Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To breathe heavily. Examples : "The run left him huffing and puffing." physiology body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To say in a huffy manner. Examples : "My brother huffed when he didn't get the last cookie. " attitude language communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To enlarge; to swell up. Examples : "Bread huffs." physiology body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To bluster or swell with anger, arrogance, or pride; to storm; to take offense. Examples : "When the teacher criticized his project, he huffed and stomped out of the classroom. " attitude emotion character mind Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To treat with arrogance and insolence; to chide or rebuke rudely; to bully, to hector. Examples : "The teacher huffed at the student for not completing their homework. " attitude character action human Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To inhale psychoactive inhalants. Examples : "The teenager secretly huffed the spray paint to get high. " substance medicine action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (draughts) To remove an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it). Examples : "In the game of checkers, the player huffed his opponent's piece because the opponent refused to take a possible win. " game sport Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading