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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.]
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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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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As it eases away from the station, passengers settle in for a comfortable, climate-controlled ride, or they may choose to directly experience the sounds and smell of the engine as it chuffs and chugs down the tracks from the old-fashioned open window car that is carried in all trains.
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As it eases away from the station, passengers settle in for a comfortable, climate-controlled ride, or they may choose to directly experience the sounds and smell of the engine as it chuffs and chugs down the tracks from the old-fashioned open window car that is carried in all trains.
Florida Residents Ride for 50 Percent Off On New Daily Steam Train ... by Business Wire
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