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English Dictionary: huff	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for huff
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
huff n a state of irritation or annoyance [syn: huff, miff, seeing red] v inhale recreational drugs; "The addict was snorting cocaine almost every day"; "the kids were huffing glue" Synonym(s): huff, snort blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain" Synonym(s): puff, huff, chuff
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Huff \Huff\, n. 1. A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage. [bd]Left the place in a huff.[b8] --W. Irving. 2. A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance. Lewd, shallow-brained huffs make atheism and contempt of religion the sole badge . . . of wit. --South. {To take huff}, to take offence. --Cowper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Huff \Huff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Huffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Huffing}.] [Cf. OE. hoove to puff up, blow; prob. of imitative origin.] 1. To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air. --Grew. 2. To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully. You must not presume to huff us. --Echard. 3. (Draughts) To remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See {Huff}, v. i., 3.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Huff \Huff\, v. i. 1. To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs. 2. To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense. THis senseless arrogant conceit of theirs made them huff at the doctrine of repentance. --South. 3. (Draughts) To remove from the board a man which could have captured a piece but has not done so; -- so called because it was the habit to blow upon the piece.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Huff, KY Zip code(s): 42250 Huff, ND Zip code(s): 58537
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
huff v. To compress data using a Huffman code. Various programs that use such methods have been called `HUFF' or some variant thereof. Oppose {puff}. Compare {crunch}, {compress}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
huff To compress data using a {Huffman} code. Various programs that use such methods have been called "HUFF" or some variant thereof. Opposite: {puff}. Compare {crunch}, {compress}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-23)