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† ˈhuffer Obs.
[f. huff v. + -er1.]
A boastful, swaggering, hectoring person.
1664Butler Hud. ii. iii. 1034 To be expos'd, i' th' end, to suffer By such a braggadocio huffer. 1664Cotton Poet. Wks. (1765) 9 Because he knew them Huffers. 1694Strype Cranmer iii. xxxvi. 453 He was no Huffer nor Contender, but of an exceeding peaceable and amicable Spirit. a1797Mason Ode to Pinchback (R.), No longer, England, shalt thou dread Such Presbyterian huffers. 1808E. S. Barrett Miss-led General 118 When our generals play the..cowards, as the greatest huffers among them will do at times.
†b. A quadruped: ? a kind of skunk. Obs.
1729Wood's Voy. 96 A little creature with a bushy tail, which we called a Huffer, because when he sets sight on you he stands vapouring and patting with his fore feet upon the ground.
▸ Chiefly U.S. (orig. slang). A person who (habitually) inhales the fumes from a volatile substance, an aerosol, etc., in order to become intoxicated. Freq. with prefixed noun specifying the substance used. Cf. huff v. Additions.
1969Current Slang (Univ. S. Dakota) 3 ii. 8 Huffer, a person who sniffs glue. High school students, both sexes, Colorado. 1970Crime & Delinquency 16 5 Gasoline sniffers (‘huffers’) more frequently sniff directly from automobile tanks, lawn mower tanks, and other direct sources. 1991B. Sterling Jim & Irene in B. Sterling Globalhead (1994) 70 Glue huffers or winos or something, dirty black hair sticking up all over their heads. 2001J. Waterman Arctic Crossing ii. 113 Kids and adults inhale Lysol, glues and gas. But once a known drinker or huffer is refused these products, he or she..asks a friend to buy it. 2006Village Voice 18 Jan. 28/3 A 41-year-old spray-paint huffer with his face still half coated in glittery gold. |