Definition of huff

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Huff (v. t.) To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully.

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Breakdown :: Breakdown (n.) Any rude, noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time..
Shufflecap :: Shufflecap (n.) A play performed by shaking money in a hat or cap.
Shamble :: Shamble (v. i.) To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along..
Tergiversate :: Tergiversate (v. i.) To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle.
Shuffling :: Shuffling (a.) Moving with a dragging, scraping step..
Whist :: Whist (n.) A certain game at cards; -- so called because it requires silence and close attention. It is played by four persons (those who sit opposite each other being partners) with a complete pack of fifty-two cards. Each player has thirteen cards, and when these are played out, he hand is finished, and the cards are again shuffled and distributed..
Chuffiness :: Chuffiness (n.) The quality of being chuffy.
Shuffle :: Shuffle (v. i.) To move in a slovenly, dragging manner; to drag or scrape the feet in walking or dancing..
Huffcap :: Huffcap (n.) A blusterer; a bully.
Shuffleboard :: Shuffleboard (n.) See Shovelboard.
Huffer :: Huffer (n.) A bully; a blusterer.
Huffish :: Huffish (a.) Disposed to be blustering or arrogant; petulant.
Breakdown :: Breakdown (n.) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, as among the colored people of the Southern United States, and so called, perhaps, because the exercise is continued until most of those who take part in it break down..
Shuffled :: Shuffled (imp. & p. p.) of Shuffl.
Shuffling :: Shuffling (a.) Evasive; as, a shuffling excuse..
Prevaricate :: Prevaricate (v. i.) To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement..
Shovelboard :: Shovelboard (n.) A board on which a game is played, by pushing or driving pieces of metal or money to reach certain marks; also, the game itself. Called also shuffleboard, shoveboard, shovegroat, shovelpenny..
Huffy :: Huffy (a.) Characterized by arrogance or petulance; easily offended.
Shufflewing :: Shufflewing (n.) The hedg sparrow.
Huff :: Huff (v. i.) 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.
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