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huff::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | snort |
| Type of | inspire, breathe in, inhale |
the kids were huffing glue.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | miff, seeing red |
| Type of | vexation, irritation, annoyance, botheration |
| Derivation | huffy |
Examples of huff
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Huff has also identified himself as being involved with the Oath Keepers group.
From the stltoday.com
Huff said Brown's proposal to eliminate pay for domestic services was reasonable.
From the sacbee.com
If you left in a huff or under a cloud, your chance of returning is slim at best.
From the dailynews.com
Huff did a double-take, looking back at the stands to see how far up it landed.
From the kentucky.com
Huff said he's trying to get colleagues to agree to drop that extra $1.7 billion.
From the ocregister.com
Whatever the reason, there is a great deal of evidence that voters are in a huff.
From the economist.com
Huff cautioned that there is work to be done, that they had one more game to win.
From the chron.com
Huff scored on a two-out throwing error by Polanco on Buster Posey's slow roller.
From the usatoday.com
Your spouse leaves for work in a huff after a pre-breakfast tiff over finances.
From the timesunion.com
- A state of irritation or annoyance
- Inhale recreational drugs; "The addict was snorting cocaine almost every day"; "the kids were huffing glue"
- Puff: blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"
- Huffing is a rule used in some board games, such as Alquerque and traditional and informal English draughts (checkers). By this rule, a player who fails to make a capturing move when one is available is penalised by having the piece huffed, i.e. removed from the board.
- Huff is an American television dramedy series produced by Sony Pictures Television for Showtime. The series was created by Bob Lowry and features Hank Azaria as Dr. Craig "Huff" Huffstodt, a psychiatrist whose life changes abruptly when a 15-year-old client commits suicide in his office. ...
- A heavy breath; a grunt or sigh; An expression of anger, annoyance, disgust, etc; To breathe heavily; To inhale psychoactive inhalants; To remove an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it)
- To deliberately inhale volatile gasses from a liquid or solid such that the gasses can enter the body and alter consciousness. ...
- To inhale ordinary household products to get high. Users huff directly from the container or from inhalant-soaked rags, socks, or rolls of toilet paper. ...
