Huff

huff
    n 1: a state of irritation or annoyance [syn: {huff}, {miff},
         {seeing red}]
    v 1: inhale recreational drugs; "The addict was snorting cocaine
         almost every day"; "the kids were huffing glue" [syn:
         {huff}, {snort}]
    2: blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his
       way up the mountain" [syn: {puff}, {huff}, {chuff}]
    

Huff \Huff\, n.
   1. A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of
      disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage. "Left the
      place in a huff." --W. Irving.
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   2. A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own
      value or importance.
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            Lewd, shallow-brained huffs make atheism and
            contempt of religion the sole badge . . . of wit.
                                                  --South.
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   {To take huff}, to take offence. --Cowper.
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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.
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   2. To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke
      with insolence; to hector; to bully.
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            You must not presume to huff us.      --Echard.
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   3. (Draughts) To remove from the board (the piece which could
      have captured an opposing piece). See {Huff}, v. i., 3.
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Huff \Huff\, v. i.
   1. To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs.
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   2. To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to
      storm; to take offense.
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            This senseless arrogant conceit of theirs made them
            huff at the doctrine of repentance.   --South.
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   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.
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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}.
    

huff

   <compression> To compress data using {Huffman coding}.
   Various programs that use such methods have been called "HUFF"
   or some variant thereof.

   Opposite: {puff}.  Compare {crunch}, {compress}.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1994-12-23)
    

Huff, KY
  Zip code(s): 42250
Huff, ND
  Zip code(s): 58537
    

143 Moby Thesaurus words for "huff":
      add to, aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, angered, annoy, annoyed,
      arouse, augment, blast, bloat, blow, blow a hurricane,
      blow great guns, blow over, blow up, bludgeon, bluster,
      bluster out of, breathe, breathe hard, breathe in, breathe out,
      breeze, breeze up, brew, bristle, broaden, browbeat, build,
      build up, bulk, bulk out, bulldoze, bully, chafe, come up, cough,
      cow, crescendo, demoralize, develop, dilate, distend, dragoon,
      dudgeon, embitter, enlarge, exasperate, exasperated, exhale,
      exhaust, expand, expel, expire, extend, ferment, freshen, fret,
      fume, gasp, gather, grate, gulp, hack, harass, heave, hector,
      hiccup, high dudgeon, hike, hike up, in a huff, in a pet, incense,
      increase, inflame, inflate, inhale, inspire, intimidate, irritate,
      irritated, magnify, miff, nettle, pant, peeve, peeved, pet,
      petulant, pipe up, pique, piqued, provoke, provoked, puff, puff up,
      pump, pump up, put out, rage, raise, rankle, rarefy, resentment,
      respire, rile, roil, ruffle, set in, set up, sigh, sneeze, sniff,
      sniffle, snore, snort, snuff, snuffle, squall, stew,
      stir the blood, stir up, storm, stretch, sufflate, swell,
      systematically terrorize, terrorize, testy, threaten, tiff,
      umbrage, up, vex, vexed, waft, wheeze, whiff, whiffle, widen,
      work up