chuff 1 (ch f)n. A rude, insensitive person; a boor. [Middle English chuffe.] |
| chuff 2 (chf) intr.v. chuffed, chuf·fing, chuffs To produce or move with noisy puffing or explosive sounds: "Switch engines chuffed impatiently in busy rail yards" (Robert Paul Jordan). n. A noisy puffing or explosive sound, such as one made by a locomotive. [Imitative.] |
chuff1
n
a puffing sound of or as if of a steam engine
vb
(intr) to move while emitting such sounds the train chuffed on its way
[of imitative origin]
chuff2
n
Dialect a boor; churl; sullen fellow
[from obsolete chuff (n) fat cheek, of obscure origin]
chuff3
vb
(tr; usually passive) Brit slang to please or delight he was chuffed by his pay rise
[probably from chuff (adj) pleased, happy (earlier: chubby), from C16 chuff (obsolete n) a fat cheek, of unknown origin]
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