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Definitions and meaning of chuff

chuff

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʌf/
• Rhymes: -ʌf
• Homophone: chough

Etymology 1

15th century, dialectal, from Middle English chuffe (“a rustic, boor”), in noun sense “stupid fellow”. Adjective sense “surly, displeased” from 1832.

Adjective

chuff (comparative more chuff, superlative most chuff)

1. (British) Surly; annoyed; displeased; disgruntled.
2. (UK, dialect) stupid; churlish; loutish.

Synonyms

• (surly): chuffy

Adverb

chuff (comparative more chuff, superlative most chuff)

1. In a chuff manner.

Noun

chuff (plural chuffs)

1. A coarse or stupid fellow.

Translations

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic. Compare chug and puff.

Verb

chuff (third-person singular simple present chuffs, present participle chuffing, simple past and past participle chuffed)

1. (intransitive) To make noisy puffing sounds, as of a steam locomotive.
2. (British, slang) To break wind.
3. Of a powder, propellant, or explosive charge: to become extinguished and reignited intermittently.
   • 1967 Leo Allen Lukenas: The ignition transient in small solid propellant rocket motors. Princeton University

     Double base propellants often require ignition pressures of as much as 400 psia to avoid the problem of chuffing or hangfires.

Translations

Noun

chuff (countable and uncountable, plural chuffs)

1. (scriptwriting, uncountable) Superfluous small talk that is free of conflict, offers no character development, description or insight, and does not advance the story or plot.
2. A noisy puffing sound.
3. A breathy noise produced by a tiger, similar in function to a cat's purr.

Etymology 3

1520s, in sense “swollen with fat”; circa 1860, British dialect, in sense “pleased”. Possibly related to “coarse, stupid, fat-headed” sense (see etymology 1 above). Or, perhaps a euphemistic alteration of fuck or another expletive.

Adjective

chuff (comparative more chuff, superlative most chuff)

1. (British) Pleased, proud.
2. (obsolete) Swollen with fat.
3. (vulgar slang, of cheeks) Swollen.

Synonyms

• (swollen): chuffy

Derived terms

• (pleased): chuffed

Noun

chuff (plural chuffs)

1. (vulgar slang) The vagina.
2. (vulgar slang) The anus.

Derived terms

• gnat's chuff
• the chuff

Verb

chuff (third-person singular simple present chuffs, present participle chuffing, simple past and past participle chuffed)

1. (UK, euphemistic) Used as a replacement for obscenities, particularly fuck.

References

Further reading

• “chuff” at The Septic’s Companion: A British Slang Dictionary