Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - huff
Huff
huff
v. & n. --v. 1 intr. give out loud puffs of air, steam, etc. 2 intr. bluster loudly or threateningly (huffing and puffing). 3 intr. & tr. take or cause to take offence. 4 tr. Draughts remove (an opponent's man that could have made a capture) from the board as a forfeit (orig. after blowing on the piece). --n. a fit of petty annoyance. Phrases and idioms in a huff annoyed and offended. Derivatives huffish adj. Etymology: imit. of the sound of blowing
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I. verb Etymology: imitative Date: 1583 intransitive verb 1. to emit puffs (as of breath or steam), to proceed with labored breathing , 2. to make empty threats ; bluster, to react or behave indignantly, transitive verb to treat with contempt, to make angry, to utter with indignation or scorn, II. noun Date: 1684 a usually peevish and transitory spell of anger or resentment , see: offense ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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