chuff Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb blow hard and loudly
    puff; huff.
    • he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain

WordNet

Chuff noun
Etymology
Perh. a modification of chub: cf. W. cyff stock, stump.
Definitions
  1. A coarse or stupid fellow. Shak.
Chuff adjective
Definitions
  1. Stupid; churlish. Prov. Eng. Wright.

Webster 1913