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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Huffing :: Huffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Huf.
Chuff :: Chuff (a.) Stupid; churlish.
Huffingly :: Huffingly (adv.) Blusteringly; arrogantly.
Chuffy :: Chuffy (a.) Rough; clownish; surly.
Huffer :: Huffer (n.) A bully; a blusterer.
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..
Huff :: Huff (n.) A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance.
Shuffler :: Shuffler (n.) One who shuffles.
Huff :: Huff (n.) A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage.
Shaffle :: Shaffle (v. i.) To hobble or limp; to shuffle.
Huff :: Huff (v. t.) To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air..
Chuff :: Chuff (n.) A coarse or stupid fellow.
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..
Shamble :: Shamble (v. i.) To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along..
Shuffling :: Shuffling (a.) Moving with a dragging, scraping step..
Shufflewing :: Shufflewing (n.) The hedg sparrow.
Tergiversate :: Tergiversate (v. i.) To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle.
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..
Huffcap :: Huffcap (n.) A blusterer; a bully.
Huffed :: Huffed (imp. & p. p.) of Huf.
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