chuff 1
(ch f)
n.
A rude, insensitive person; a boor.
[Middle English
chuffe.]
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| 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.]
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,
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chuffed [tʃʌft]
adj
Brit slang pleased or delighted none too chuffed
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Sister Jen can be straight forward and her humor can be bitingly rough, but she's smart and insightful: she's no chuff.
Sister Jen can be straight forward and her humor can be bitingly rough, but she's smart and insightful: she's no chuff.
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