Definition of huff

• v. t. - To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air.
• v. t. - To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully.
• v. t. - To remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3.
• v. i. - To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs.
• v. i. - To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense.
• v. i. - To remove from the board a man which could have captured a piece but has not done so; -- so called because it was the habit to blow upon the piece.
• n. - A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage.
• n. - A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance.