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huff

/hʌf/

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noun

Soupir, halètement

A heavy breath; a grunt or sigh.

Examples :

"With a huff, he lifted the box onto the back of the truck."

Avec un soupir, il a soulevé la boîte à l'arrière du camion.

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noun

Bouffée, grognement

An expression of anger, annoyance, disgust, etc.

Examples :

"After hearing he had to redo the assignment, he let out a frustrated huff. "

Après avoir appris qu'il devait refaire le devoir, il laissa échapper un grognement frustré.

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noun

Fanfaron, vantard

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. "

Le nouvel élève était un vrai fanfaron, se vantant toujours de ses notes parfaites.

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verb

Souffler, haleter

To breathe heavily.

Examples :

"The run left him huffing and puffing."

La course l'a laissé soufflant et haletant.

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verb

Dire d'un ton bougon

To say in a huffy manner.

Examples :

"My brother huffed when he didn't get the last cookie. "

Mon frère a dit d'un ton bougon quand il n'a pas eu le dernier cookie.

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verb

Gonfler, enfler

To enlarge; to swell up.

Examples :

"Bread huffs."

Le pain gonfle.

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verb

Souffler, bougonner, s'enflammer

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. "

Lorsque le professeur a critiqué son projet, il a soufflé et est sorti de la salle de classe en claquant des pieds.

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verb

Traiter avec arrogance, rabrouer, rudoyer

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. "

Le professeur a rabroué l'élève pour ne pas avoir fait ses devoirs.

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verb

Sniffer

To inhale psychoactive inhalants.

Examples :

"The teenager secretly huffed the spray paint to get high. "

L'adolescent sniffait secrètement la peinture en aérosol pour planer.

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verb

Prendre

(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. "

Au jeu de dames, le joueur a pris le pion de son adversaire parce que ce dernier refusait de prendre une victoire possible.