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whuff, v.|hwʌf|
[Imitative; cf. whuff, dial. var. whiff (see Eng. Dial. Dict.).]
intr. To make a sound as of a forcible blast of breath or wind; trans. to utter with such a sound. Also as int. imitating such a sound. Hence ˈwhuffing vbl. n. So whuffle |ˈhwʌf(ə)l| v., intr. in same sense; trans. to drive by blowing forcibly.
1896H. G. Wells Wheels of Chance xix, He whuffed a contemptuous laugh. 1906‘John Oxenham’ Giant Circumstance ii, One of the horses..woke up enough to whuffle the flies out of its nose. 1907― Carette xxxiii, The water began whuffling against the rock walls. 1919J. J. Bennett Dover Patrol 172 ‘Whing! Whuff!’ and another muffled burst comes a minute or so later. |