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huff
/hʌf/
noun
A heavy breath; a grunt or sigh.
"With a huff, he lifted the box onto the back of the truck."
An expression of anger, annoyance, disgust, etc.
One swelled with a false sense of importance or value; a boaster.
verb
To breathe heavily.
"The run left him huffing and puffing."
To say in a huffy manner.
To enlarge; to swell up.
"Bread huffs."
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