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Meanings of chuff in English

Catalan
brufolar

Blow hard and loudly.

brufolar
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Examples for "puff"
Examples for "puff"
1
Then proceed in the manner explained for the making of puff paste.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery. Volume 4: Salads and Sandw...
2
The woman was putting the powder puff away in her jet bag.
Three Soldiers
3
So let other countries puff their chests with empty slogans about rights.
The Guardian
4
They never quite had enough puff to make it mainstream, until recently.
The Daily Telegraph
5
A puff of wind fanned his cheek; the sail filled and drew.
Driftwood Spars / The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Cert...
1
They chattered so loud that the nightingale stopped singing in a huff.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 4, 1917
2
The home side's huff and puff before the interval had yielded nothing.
The Irish Times
3
Did she huff paint before speaking in front of large, bookish crowds?
Ebony
4
He calls Ellie in a huff while stalking off in the night.
The Guardian
5
I'm definitely not going to waste my time on huff and puff.
The Guardian
Usage of chuff in English
1
When it was free of the leather walls it began to chuff.
Watcher of the Dead
2
A motor-launch chuff-chuffed out from the quay, flying the yellow flag.
Captivity
3
Then a mechanical groan, and a chuff of compressed air.
Devil's keep
4
A message received loud and clear through the chatter and chuff droning through my instruments.
The Secret History of Twin Peaks
5
SORDIDO, a wretched hob-nailed chuff, whose recreation is reading of almanacks; and felicity, foul weather.
Every Man out of His Humour
6
The air brakes let go with a chuff and we were rolling, slow but sure.
11/22/63
7
Every chuff that inhales it will be properly soused.
In the Sweet Dry and Dry
8
It pulled away in a chuff of blue exhaust.
11/22/63
9
The image of the inventor is of someone who's completely off his chuff, laments Trevor Baylis.
Wired
10
As it pulled up, he raised his voice to be heard over the chuff of the air-brakes.
11/22/63
11
A Peter Pan bus rolled up next to the cab and stopped with a chuff of airbrakes.
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
12
There was a chuff of compressed air, and suddenly a dart was sticking out of Hoppy's back.
Doctor Sleep
13
The dog's answering chuff seemed noncommittal.
Breathless
14
The thing began to chuff and grunt and to shake a little, at which Jonathan kicked it fiercely lower down.
A Tale of Time City
15
The engine kicked alive with a loud chuff and black puffs from the tailpipe scudded low across the snowy yard.
Winter’s Bone
16
Then came the sound of a train slowing down in the station, and directly the quick 'chuff-chuff-chuff' of its drawing out.
The Trespasser
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Translations for chuff
Catalan
brufolar
Chuff through the time