chuff

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʃʌf/

15th century, dialectal, in noun sense “stupid fellow”. Adjective sense “surly, displeased” from 1832. Adjective

chuff

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

Synonyms

• (surly) chuffy

Noun

chuff (plural chuffs)

1. A coarse or stupid fellow.

Translations

• French: glandu, mou du bulbe
• German: ungehobelter Kerl, Flegel
• Russian: мужла́н

Verb

chuff (chuffs, present participle chuffing; past and past participle chuffed)

1. (intransitive) To make noisy puffing sounds, as of a steam locomotive.
   • 1912, Katherine Mansfield, "The Woman At The Store", Selected Short Stories

     The horses stumbled along, coughing and chuffing.

   • 1928, D. H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover

     […] and the small lit up train that chuffed past in the cutting made it seem like real night.

2. (British, slang) To break wind.
3. To intermittently extinguish and reignite a powder charge.

Translations

• German: schnaufen

Noun

chuff

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 breathy noise produced by a tiger, similar in function to a cat's purr.

1520s, in sense “swollen with fat”; circa 1860, British dialect, in sense “pleased”. Possibly related to “coarse, stupid, fat-headed” sense. Adjective

chuff

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

Synonyms

• (swollen) chuffy

Noun

chuff (plural chuffs)

1. (coarse slang) The vagina.
2. (coarse slang) Anus.

   The car behind was following too close — it was right up my chuff.

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