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chuffing

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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.]
The characteristic of some rockets to burn intermittently and with an irregular noise.


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These include two cubicle structures, Chuffing Away to Oblivion, 1996, and Bigger Cheaper (and you can do it at home), 1999, along with the installation Car Park, 1997/2005.
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