chuffy

American  

[chuhf-ee] / ˈtʃʌf i /

adjective

chuffier, chuffiest

1. churlish; surly.

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Other Word Forms

• chuffily adverb
• chuffiness noun

Etymology

Origin of chuffy

First recorded in 1690–1700; chuff ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

The international set. though, was not about to travel to the bottom of the world, board a chuffy little train and travel for five hours to the edge of nowhere.

From Time Magazine Archive

Its chuffy exhaust billowed dust through the room.

From Time Magazine Archive

“But, by the way,” he said, stopping short, and sticking one finger on his forehead, “is this Sir Hampton the chuffy old gentleman we saw at the steeplechase?”

From Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One by Fenn, George Manville

Then off I goes arter the baker, who was one o’ your red-faced, chuffy little chaps, one o’ them coves as has sech a precious good opinion o’ themselves.

From Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches by Fenn, George Manville

What were you so chuffy to Ermie, for?

From The Children of Wilton Chase by Meade, L. T.