Definition of huff

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Huff (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.

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Chuffy :: Chuffy (a.) Fat or puffed out in the cheeks.
Shuffle :: Shuffle (v. i.) To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.
Whist :: Whist (n.) A certain game at cards; -- so called because it requires silence and close attention. It is played by four persons (those who sit opposite each other being partners) with a complete pack of fifty-two cards. Each player has thirteen cards, and when these are played out, he hand is finished, and the cards are again shuffled and distributed..
Huffish :: Huffish (a.) Disposed to be blustering or arrogant; petulant.
Shuffle :: Shuffle (v. t.) To shove one way and the other; to push from one to another; as, to shuffle money from hand to hand..
Shuffle :: Shuffle (n.) A trick; an artifice; an evasion.
Shuffling :: Shuffling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shuffl.
Shuffle :: Shuffle (v. t.) To mix by pushing or shoving; to confuse; to throw into disorder; especially, to change the relative positions of, as of the cards in a pack..
Shuffle :: Shuffle (v. i.) To move in a slovenly, dragging manner; to drag or scrape the feet in walking or dancing..
Prevarication :: Prevarication (n.) The act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation from the truth and fair dealing..
Huffiness :: Huffiness (n.) The state of being huffish; petulance; bad temper.
Shuffled :: Shuffled (imp. & p. p.) of Shuffl.
Shuffle :: Shuffle (v. i.) To change the relative position of cards in a pack; as, to shuffle and cut..
Shovelboard :: Shovelboard (n.) A board on which a game is played, by pushing or driving pieces of metal or money to reach certain marks; also, the game itself. Called also shuffleboard, shoveboard, shovegroat, shovelpenny..
Huffcap :: Huffcap (n.) A blusterer; a bully.
Huffy :: Huffy (a.) Characterized by arrogance or petulance; easily offended.
Scuff :: Scuff (v. i.) To walk without lifting the feet; to proceed with a scraping or dragging movement; to shuffle.
Huff :: Huff (v. t.) To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air..
Shuffle :: Shuffle (v. t.) To remove or introduce by artificial confusion.
Huffingly :: Huffingly (adv.) Blusteringly; arrogantly.
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