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chuff

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chuff 1  (chf)
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.]
chuff
Verb
to move while making a puffing sound, as a steam engine [imitative]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.chuff - blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"
huff, puff
blow - exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down"


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