chuff

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"And then, all at once, the 'chuff-chuff-ing' stopped.

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  1. noun A rude, insensitive person; a boor.
  2. intransitive verb To produce or move with noisy puffing or explosive sounds: "Switch engines chuffed impatiently in busy rail yards” (Robert Paul Jordan).
  3. noun A noisy puffing or explosive sound, such as one made by a locomotive.

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  • The six coffee smugglers, invisible beside the trail, watched and listened without reaction until the helicopter chuff-chuffed away across the sky, westward toward Buvuma Island. —  Kahawa
  • It emitted a chuff, its mucous membrane rattling above its maw. —  Asimov's SF, July 2006
  • Video: Rollin 'Justin and DESIRE robots take out trash, follow commands NVIDIA gets further up Intel's chuff with pledge to develop an x86 CPU NVIDIA plans x86 processor in 2-3 years - NVIDIA at a Morgan Stanley conference today said it hopes to have an x86 compatible system-on-chip within two to three years. —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
  • NVIDIA gets further up Intel's chuff with pledge to develop an x86 CPU NVIDIA plans x86 processor in 2-3 years - NVIDIA at a Morgan Stanley conference today said it hopes to have an x86 compatible system-on-chip within two to three years. —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
  • I've never seen them really chuff up a gig, and an off night for RRE is likely a very good night for many bands. —  JamBase
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Etymologies (5)

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  1. Middle English chuffe.
  2. Imitative.

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (3)

  1. from Middle English chuffe, choffe, a boor; origin unknown; cf. chub, 2.
  2. Cf. chub, chubby, and chuck.
  3. Cf. chuff, n., and chubby.
 

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