Word Meaning

huffs definition and meaning

v. t. To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air.
v. t. To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully.
v. t. To remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3.
v. i. To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs.
v. i. To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense.
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.
n. A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage.
n. A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance.

Crossword clues for huffs

- Bad mood
- Fit of resentment
- Fit of sulking
- Fits of pique
- Blows
- Blows hard
- Fits of annoyance
- Fits of pique
- Petulant fits