chuffed; chuffing; chuffs
: to produce noisy exhaust or exhalations : proceed or operate with chuffs
the chuffing and snorting of switch engines—
Paul Gallico
Paul Gallico
: the sound of noisy exhaust or exhalations
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- bastard
- beast
- bleeder [British]
- blighter [chiefly British]
- boor
- bounder
- bugger
- buzzard
- cad
- churl
- clown
- creep
- cretin
- crud [slang]
- crumb [slang]
- cur
- dirtbag [slang]
- dog
- fink
- heel
- hound
- jerk
- joker
- louse
- lout
- pill
- rat
- rat fink
- reptile
- rotter
- schmuck [slang]
- scum
- scumbag [slang]
- scuzzball [slang]
- skunk
- sleaze
- sleazebag [slang]
- sleazeball [slang]
- slime
- slimeball [slang]
- slob
- snake
- so-and-so
- sod [chiefly British]
- stinkard
- stinker
- swine
- toad
- varmint
- vermin
Examples of chuff in a Sentence
Noun (1)
the sort of ostentatious London townhouse that some greedy chuff of a billionaire might own
Recent Examples on the WebJohn Walton, CNN, 10 Apr. 2023
At engineer Chuck Wolf's signal, air from each car's reservoir instantly begins pounding into the cylinder in a cacophony of clangs and chuffs.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Dec. 2022
The vault's stone hull juts like a shipwreck in the drifted ice while polar bears chuff and lumber past the door.
—Brittney Corrigan, Scientific American, 19 May 2022
Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2024
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban would be chuffed.
—Eric Gordy, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2018
Image: Apple Folks who have been clamoring for rest days on the Apple Watch will also be chuffed to know getting sick or injured will no longer break streaks.
—Victoria Song, The Verge, 10 June 2024
Meryl stood next to her throughout, wearing a calming white gown and glasses, making a series of grateful and stunned and moved and chuffed and bashful facial expressions and occasionally fanning herself, which is to say, being Meryl Streep.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 14 May 2024
Travelers are just chuffed with London this summer, and are planning to head there in droves.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2024
Randy is chuffed to lead today’s walk around the Japanese-style Memorial Healing Garden within Oregon State Penitentiary, home as the prison has been from his late teens through to his mid fifties – his age now.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 12 Mar. 2024
The railroad rolls out all five of its Shay steam locomotives, tooting their whistles, chuffing black coal smoke, and fuming chutes of white steam through its piston valves and exhaust ports.
—Mark Orwoll, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2023
As for the artist himself, he was chuffed to have worked on the famous model.
—Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 28 Sep. 2023
Noun
Found in the far northeast of Japan on the island of Hokkaido, the Fuyu-no-Shitsugen train chuffs through this national park with retro style in the winter months.
—John Walton, CNN, 10 Apr. 2023
At engineer Chuck Wolf's signal, air from each car's reservoir instantly begins pounding into the cylinder in a cacophony of clangs and chuffs.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Dec. 2022
The vault's stone hull juts like a shipwreck in the drifted ice while polar bears chuff and lumber past the door.
—Brittney Corrigan, Scientific American, 19 May 2022
Verb
His team of stylists is also a cut above the rest, should your coif be chuffed and in need of repair.
—Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2024
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban would be chuffed.
—Eric Gordy, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2018
Image: Apple Folks who have been clamoring for rest days on the Apple Watch will also be chuffed to know getting sick or injured will no longer break streaks.
—Victoria Song, The Verge, 10 June 2024
Meryl stood next to her throughout, wearing a calming white gown and glasses, making a series of grateful and stunned and moved and chuffed and bashful facial expressions and occasionally fanning herself, which is to say, being Meryl Streep.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 14 May 2024
Travelers are just chuffed with London this summer, and are planning to head there in droves.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2024
Randy is chuffed to lead today’s walk around the Japanese-style Memorial Healing Garden within Oregon State Penitentiary, home as the prison has been from his late teens through to his mid fifties – his age now.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 12 Mar. 2024
The railroad rolls out all five of its Shay steam locomotives, tooting their whistles, chuffing black coal smoke, and fuming chutes of white steam through its piston valves and exhaust ports.
—Mark Orwoll, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2023
As for the artist himself, he was chuffed to have worked on the famous model.
—Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 28 Sep. 2023
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“Chuff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chuff. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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