huf.html - v. & n.
--v.

1 intr. give out loud puffs of air, steam, etc.
2 intr. bluster loudly or threateningly (huffing and puffing).
3 intr. & tr. take or cause to take offence.
4 tr. Draughts remove (an opponent's man that could have made a capture) from the board as a forfeit (orig. after blowing on the piece).

--n.

a fit of petty annoyance.

in a huff annoyed and offended.

huffish adj. [imit. of the sound of blowing]

huf.html - adj.
(huffier, huffiest)
1 apt to take offence.
2 offended.

huffily adv. huffiness n.

huf.html - See: GO INTO A HUDDLE.

huf.html - {n.} 1. An alarm and chase after a supposed wrongdoer; a pursuit usually by shouting men. * /"Stop, thief," cried John as he ran. Others joined him, and soon there was a hue and cry./ 2. An excited mass protest, alarm, or outcry of any kind. * /The explosion was so terrible that people at a distance raised a great hue and cry about an earthquake./

huf.html - {v. phr.} To stay firmly on the road; ride smoothly without swinging. * /A heavy car with a low center of gravity will hug the road./ * /At high speeds a car will not hug the road well./

huf.html - See: EAT HUMBLE PIE.