chuff

[ UK /t‍ʃˈʌf/ ]
VERB
  1. blow hard and loudly
    he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain
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How To Use chuff In A Sentence

  • I'm included on this thing, although I haven't a chuffing clue what any of it means.
  • Today's pop quiz is in honor of an actress for whom I once had precious little respect and whose casting over any number of other performers got me feeling dischuffed to the point of, if not beyond, churlishness until one day I found myself inexplicably fond of her and ashamed of my earlier thuggish disrespect. Who Goes There - Pop Quiz
  • At low engine speeds while the car is heading up slight grades, the Elantra engine chuffs and rocks in its cradle; and at moderate-to-highway speeds, if you kick it hard in the slats, the powertrain starts to whine with something approaching resentment. Hyundai Takes a Bold Stand in the Compact Race
  • The Chough (pronounced ‘chuff’) is an elegant member of the crow family, a little smaller than a Rook and distinguished by a bright red, slightly decurved bill and red legs and feet.
  • Anyway, Charlotte is a treat to the eye as well as a pain in the chuff. Cheated. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
  • I'm on a railway platform trying to get to work during a period of heavy storms (service is totally knacked) and I'm in uniform with a crowd around me seriously dis-chuffed and about to remove my nipple rings without unclipping them. I HATE COMPUTERS ( a therapy intermission)
  • So a first home goal produced a first home win in front of Chester's biggest crowd of the season, who gave the team and their chuffed new manager a standing ovation.
  • I felt as though I were a train that was slowly chuffing off from the station, the wheel spokes moving in slow, forward motions.
  • Draught horses are led around the smaller ring, and nearby dozens of stationary engines chuff, splutter and bounce on individual pitches. Country diary: Stithians, Cornwall
  • Still early, before eight, but power marimba was pounding out of the restaurant and the chuffs of diesel machinery and screeching of steel-tracked dozers was coming down from the top of the bluff. Kook
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