Definition of huff

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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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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.
Chuffy :: Chuffy (a.) Fat or puffed out in the cheeks.
Huff :: Huff (v. i.) To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense..
Chuffy :: Chuffy (a.) Rough; clownish; surly.
Shuffling :: Shuffling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shuffl.
Slipshod :: Slipshod (a.) Figuratively: Careless in dress, manners, style, etc.; slovenly; shuffling; as, slipshod manners; a slipshod or loose style of writing..
Chuff :: Chuff (a.) Stupid; churlish.
Shuffle :: Shuffle (v. t.) To remove or introduce by artificial confusion.
Evasive :: Evasive (a.) Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling; avoiding by artifice..
Shuffleboard :: Shuffleboard (n.) See Shovelboard.
Tergiversate :: Tergiversate (v. i.) To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle.
Shuffle :: Shuffle (n.) A trick; an artifice; an evasion.
Huffingly :: Huffingly (adv.) Blusteringly; arrogantly.
Shuffled :: Shuffled (imp. & p. p.) of Shuffl.
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..
Huffcap :: Huffcap (n.) A blusterer; a bully.
Shaffler :: Shaffler (n.) A hobbler; one who limps; a shuffer.
Shuffle :: Shuffle (v. t.) To mix by pushing or shoving; to confuse; to throw into disorder; especially, to change the relative positions of, as of the cards in a pack..
Shufflecap :: Shufflecap (n.) A play performed by shaking money in a hat or cap.
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.
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