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chuffed

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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.]

chuffed [tʃʌft]
adj
Brit slang pleased or delighted none too chuffed
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.chuffed - very pleased; "I'm chuffed to have won"
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
pleased - experiencing or manifesting pleasure
Translations
chuffed [tʃʌft] ADJ (Brit) (= pleased) → satisfecho, contento
he was pretty chuffed about itestaba la mar de contento por eso
chuffed [ˈtʃʌft] adj (British) to be chuffed about sth → être super content(e) de qch
chuffed
adj (Brit inf) → vergnügt und zufrieden; (= flattered)gebauchpinselt (inf)(about wegen); I was dead chuffed about itich freute mich darüber wie ein Schneekönig (inf); to be chuffed with oneselfauf sich (acc)selbst stolz sein; to look chuffed with oneselfsehr zufrieden aussehen
chuffed [tʃʌft] adj (Brit) (fam) to be chuffed about sthessere arcicontento/a di qc
chuffed [tʃʌft] adj (Brit) (fam) to be chuffed about sthessere arcicontento/a di qc


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army after 9/11--a failed dancer craving her father's approval, a streetwise Bronx boy who is chuffed about joining "the biggest gang in the world" and a feisty stock broker who dreams of killing Osama--and are all seduced by what the army has to offer.
is peppered with English slang: snog, swot, stroppy, chuffed, tup, chivvy, gobsmacked, canoodle, and many another.
``My mum and dad would have found it very hard to believe that the house is now a National Trust property, but they would be chuffed (pleased) about it and so am I.
 
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