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chuff

1

[ chuhf ]

noun

  1. a rustic.
  2. a boor; churl.
  3. a miserly fellow.


chuff

2

[ chuhf, choof ]

adjective

, British Dialect.
  1. chubby; fat.
  2. swollen with pride; proud; elated.

chuff

3

[ chuhf ]

noun

  1. a sound of or like the exhaust of a steam engine.

verb (used without object)

  1. to emit or proceed with chuffs; puff:

    The train chuffed along.

chuff

1

/ tʃʌf /

noun

  1. a puffing sound of or as if of a steam engine
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verb

  1. intr to move while emitting such sounds

    the train chuffed on its way

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chuff

2

/ tʃʌf /

verb

  1. slang.
    tr; usually passive to please or delight

    he was chuffed by his pay rise

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chuff

3

/ tʃʌf /

noun

  1. dialect.
    a boor; churl; sullen fellow
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chuff1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English chuffe, choffe, chutte, of obscure origin

Origin of chuff2

First recorded in 1600–10; compare earlier chuff “puffed cheek”

Origin of chuff3

First recorded in 1910–15; imitative
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chuff1

C20: of imitative origin

Origin of chuff2

probably from chuff (adj) pleased, happy (earlier: chubby), from C16 chuff (obsolete n) a fat cheek, of unknown origin

Origin of chuff3

C17: from obsolete chuff (n) fat cheek, of obscure origin
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Example Sentences

The temporary twitcher had been walking his dog when he spotted the crowds and decided to join them, declaring that he would be "chuffed to bits" to see the American visitor.

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"I am so chuffed and happy," she said.

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That and the giant drone, its wingspan similar to that of an eagle, chuffing high above as it rains organic fertilizer onto the knee-high rice seedlings billowing below.

“This repertoire — with its contrapuntal extravaganzas, its antiphonal balances, its espousal of instruments that chuff and wheeze and speak directly to a microphone — was made for stereo,” he wrote.

Keen whale spotter Mr Stoppard said he was "quite chuffed" to have seen it.

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