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How to pronounce chuff in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms huff, puff
Type of blow

Examples of chuff

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Well, here we are taking it up the chuff from the Germans, and for what I ask you?
From the guardian.co.uk
Flynn had not only an open bar tab but stacks of fine cigars for guests to chuff on.
From the time.com
A flotilla of low craft chuff from left to right, man and wife hunched at the stern.
From the economist.com
The signings of El Ghannassy and Yacob leave me colder than a penguins chuff in a polar winter.
From the expressandstar.com
A dry, concussive chuff, a half turn of the micro-polished crank, then the lake of fire is set a-simmer.
From the online.wsj.com
Immediately, his coughing subsided to an occasional chuff.
From the stltoday.com
A small band of trekkers chuff-chuff-chuffs across a snowy meadow at 9,000 feet on a crisp winter morning.
From the denverpost.com
So, that may all but end the chuff-shot speculation, but try and take a positive spin on things here, guys.
From the hecklerspray.com
It's zero, nada, chuff-all, null-points.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Puff: blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"
  • Two species of chough constitute the genus Pyrrhocorax of the Corvidae (crow) family of birds. These are the Red-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax), and the Alpine or Yellow-billed Chough (P. graculus). Their closest relatives outside the genus appear to be the jackdaws of the genus Corvus. ...
  • A coarse or stupid fellow; Superfluous small talk that is free of conflict, offers no character development, description or insight, and does not advance the story or plot; The anus; To make noisy puffing sounds, as of a steam locomotive; To purposefully fail a standardized test in a ...
  • (Chuffs) To produce or move with noisy puffing or explosive sounds
  • A form of unstable combustion marked by brief bursts of thrust separated by periods of no thrust. Typically, the bursts come faster and become longer as burning proceeds, until stable burning results. The sound of chuffing is similar to that of a steam locomotive starting up. ...
  • V. (1) To make loud puffing or breathing noises. (2) slang To speak nonsense. Chuffed, chuffing.
  • V. To chuff is to fart. Entirely seperate to the word chuffed so use with care.
  • Smoke, puff, inhale.