Definition of huff

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Huff (v. t.) To remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3..

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Huffcap :: Huffcap (a.) Blustering; swaggering.
Shuffle :: Shuffle (n.) A trick; an artifice; an evasion.
Shamble :: Shamble (v. i.) To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along..
Huff :: Huff (v. i.) To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense..
Huffed :: Huffed (imp. & p. p.) of Huf.
Scuff :: Scuff (v. i.) To walk without lifting the feet; to proceed with a scraping or dragging movement; to shuffle.
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.
Huff :: Huff (v. t.) To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air..
Huffy :: Huffy (a.) Characterized by arrogance or petulance; easily offended.
Shuffle :: Shuffle (v. i.) To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.
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..
Chuffily :: Chuffily (adv.) Clownishly; surlily.
Shovelboard :: Shovelboard (n.) A game played on board ship in which the aim is to shove or drive with a cue wooden disks into divisions chalked on the deck; -- called also shuffleboard.
Chuffy :: Chuffy (a.) Rough; clownish; surly.
Shaffle :: Shaffle (v. i.) To hobble or limp; to shuffle.
Huffingly :: Huffingly (adv.) Blusteringly; arrogantly.
Shufflecap :: Shufflecap (n.) A play performed by shaking money in a hat or cap.
Shuffling :: Shuffling (a.) Moving with a dragging, scraping step..
Huff :: Huff (n.) A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage.
Prevarication :: Prevarication (n.) The act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation from the truth and fair dealing..
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