chuffy

[ chuhf-ee ]

adjective

, chuff·i·er, chuff·i·est.

1. churlish; surly.

Other Words From

• chuffi·ly adverb
• chuffi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of chuffy¹

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

Example Sentences

However, it don’t do for us to be soft, so I says quite chuffy, as if I’d cut up rough— “What d’yer mean?”

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

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

Long before the chuffy steam engine, the average town was anything but a hushed haven of peace and quiet; one need only sample the nonstop bell ringing, banging and conversational yelling that still goes on from dawn to dark in any little Spanish fishing village.

From Time Magazine Archive

Its chuffy exhaust billowed dust through the room.

From Time Magazine Archive