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Definitions for Chuff

[1] a rustic.
[2] a boor; churl.
[3] a miserly fellow.
[4] chubby; fat.
[5] swollen with pride; proud; elated.
[6] a sound of or like the exhaust of a steam engine.
[7] to emit or proceed with chuffs: The train chuffed along.
[8] a puffing sound of or as if of a steam engine
[9] (intr) to move while emitting such sounds the train chuffed on its way
[10] dialect a boor; churl; sullen fellow
[11] (tr; usually passive) British slang to please or delight he was chuffed by his pay rise

Words related to Chuff

jerk, beast, brute, cad, churl, Philistine, vulgarian

Words nearby Chuff

chuddar, chuddies, chuddy, chudskoye ozero, chufa, chuff, chuffed, chuffing, chuffle, chuffy, chug

Origin of Chuff

3First recorded in 1910–15; imitative

Word origin for Chuff

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

Synonyms for Chuff

jerk, beast, brute, cad, churl, oaf. lout, philistine, vulgarian