fuffn.
/fʌf/, U.S. /fəf/, Scottish English /fʌf/ Chiefly Scottish.
1. A puff of wind; also a sound resembling this; the ‘spit’ of a cat; a whiff (of tobacco-smoke).
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > puff of
pufflOE
breathc1400
fuff1535
whiff1603
whift1614
tifta1765
cat's paw1769
skift1808
flaff1827
skiff1827
whiffle1842
whisp1884
quiff1912
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > explosive sound > [noun] > explosive emission of air
puff1606
whiff1712
fuff1804
whoof1866
boof1906
the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > [noun] > tobacco smoke > whiff of
whiff1715
fuff1816
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun] > spit or spitting
fuffing1681
sussing1693
fuff1881
1535 D. Lindsay Satyre 2137 Ane fistand flag; a flagartie fuffe.
1804 W. Tarras Poems 67 Something hin' her wi' a skyte, Gat up, an' gied a fuff.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. ix. 204 The ghaist..then disappeared like a fuff o' tobacco.
1881 Stevenson Thrawn Janet in Cornhill Mag. 44 443 ‘There cam' a clap o' wund, like a cat's fuff.’
1895 United Presb. Mag. Apr. 167 The stillness was unbroken save by the cheerful fuff of the fire.
2. A burst of ill temper; ‘huff’, ‘fume’.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [noun] > fit of
gloominga1400
terret1515
momurdotesc1540
the sullens1580
pirr1581
pet1590
snuff1592
mulligrubs1599
mumps1599
geea1605
mood1609
miff1623
tetch1623
frumps1671
strunt1721
hump1727
tiff1727
tift1751
huff1757
tig1773
tout1787
sulk1792
twita1825
fantigue1825
fuff1834
grumps1844
spell1856
the grumbles1861
grouch1895
snit1939
mardy1968
moody1969
strop1970
sull1972
cream puff1985
mard1998
1834 T. Carlyle Let. 28 Jan. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1977) VII. 85 What a miserable fuff thou gettest into; poor old, exasperated Politician!
1838 J. W. Carlyle Lett. (1883) I. 102 I have put the Stimabile in a great fuff.
1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xx. 235 The causelessness of all this fuff stirred my own bile.
3. ? A soft feathery mass. (Cf. fluff n.1)
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [noun] > softness and downiness or fluffiness > mass
fuzz1674
fuff1700
fluff1862
1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 47 The Leaves [of the coco-nut tree] spread themselves all in a fuff, and the Nutts under them.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
fuffv.
/fʌf/, U.S. /fəf/, Scottish English /fʌf/ Scottish and dialect.
1.
a. intransitive. To puff. Said of a breeze, fire, etc.; also, of a person in anger or out of breath. Also, to fume and fuff, fuff and pegh.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > become fire [verb (intransitive)] > flare up
to burn out, fortha1382
to burst (out) into flamec1385
fuff1513
upbraid1513
exaestuate1642
flash1661
to flare up1846
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > have or cause breathing disorder [verb (intransitive)] > become short of breath > pant
fnastc1000
puffc1300
pantc1350
fnesec1386
blowc1440
bluster1530
pech1538
pantlea1626
pank1669
heave1679
fuff1721
pipe1814
huff1881
the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > show anger [verb (intransitive)] > puff with anger
fuff1756
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > blow (of the wind) [verb (intransitive)] > blow fitfully > in puffs
whiff1605
whiffle1671
flicker1873
fuff1876
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid viii. vii. 120 The hait fyr Dois fuf and blaw in blesis byrnand schyr.
1721 A. Ramsay Elegy Patie Birnie iii When strangers landed..Fuffin an peghing, he wad gang, And crave their pardon that sae lang He'd been a coming.
1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) vii. 204 She fuffed and kindled, if they but opened their mouth.
1822 J. Hogg Three Perils of Man II. 39 He brings me in mind o' a barrel o' beer, fuming and fuffing.
1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 160 For ane that gat in o' that rout, Ten fuffin' stood a while thairout.
1864 Athenæum No. 1928. 456/2 It was a smithy, fuffing, glowing.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Fuff, to puff, as a breeze does.
b. To go away or off with a puff. literal and figurative.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)]
wendeOE
i-wite971
ashakec975
shakeOE
to go awayOE
witea1000
afareOE
agoOE
atwendOE
awayOE
to wend awayOE
awendOE
gangOE
rimeOE
flitc1175
to fare forthc1200
depart?c1225
part?c1225
partc1230
to-partc1275
biwitec1300
atwitea1325
withdrawa1325
to draw awayc1330
passc1330
to turn one's (also the) backc1330
lenda1350
begonec1370
remuea1375
voidc1374
removec1380
to long awaya1382
twinc1386
to pass one's wayc1390
trussc1390
waive1390
to pass out ofa1398
avoida1400
to pass awaya1400
to turn awaya1400
slakec1400
wagc1400
returnc1405
to be gonea1425
muck1429
packc1450
recede1450
roomc1450
to show (a person) the feetc1450
to come offc1475
to take one's licence1475
issue1484
devoidc1485
rebatea1500
walka1500
to go adieua1522
pikea1529
to go one's ways1530
retire?1543
avaunt1549
to make out1558
trudge1562
vade?1570
fly1581
leave1593
wag1594
to get off1595
to go off1600
to put off1600
shog1600
troop1600
to forsake patch1602
exit1607
hence1614
to give offa1616
to take off1657
to move off1692
to cut (also slip) the painter1699
sheera1704
to go about one's business1749
mizzle1772
to move out1792
transit1797–1803
stump it1803
to run away1809
quit1811
to clear off1816
to clear out1816
nash1819
fuff1822
to make (take) tracks (for)1824
mosey1829
slope1830
to tail out1830
to walk one's chalks1835
to take away1838
shove1844
trot1847
fade1848
evacuate1849
shag1851
to get up and get1854
to pull out1855
to cut (the) cable(s)1859
to light out1859
to pick up1872
to sling one's Daniel or hook1873
to sling (also take) one's hook1874
smoke1893
screw1896
shoot1897
voetsak1897
to tootle off1902
to ship out1908
to take a (run-out, walk-out, etc.) powder1909
to push off1918
to bugger off1922
biff1923
to fuck off1929
to hit, split or take the breeze1931
to jack off1931
to piss offa1935
to do a mick1937
to take a walk1937
to head off1941
to take a hike1944
moulder1945
to chuff off1947
to get lost1947
to shoot through1947
skidoo1949
to sod off1950
peel1951
bug1952
split1954
poop1961
mugger1962
frig1965
1822 J. Galt Sir Andrew Wylie III. xviii. 150 He fuffed awa wi' a' his goud and gear to Miss Jenny.
1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (at cited word) The poother fuffed off iv a jiffy.
2. Of a cat or tiger: To ‘spit’.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [verb (intransitive)] > spit (of tiger)
fuff1840
1693 [see fuffing n. and adj. at Derivatives].
1840 J. W. Carlyle Lett. (1883) I. 124 Coiled up and fuffing like a young tiger about to spring.
3. transitive. To puff (a tobacco-pipe). Also, to send out (steam) with a fuff.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > use as material for smoking [verb (transitive)] > use in the act of smoking
drone1600
to take the whiff1600
whiffc1616
puff1664
smoke1707
fuff1786
blow1808
burn1929
chuff1940
the world > matter > gas > [verb (transitive)] > emit as fumes or vapour > emit steam with sound
puff1828
fuff1894
1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 157 She fuff't her pipe wi' sic a lunt.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian viii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 180 Reuben Butler isna the man I take him to be, if he disna learn the Captain to fuff his pipe some other gate than in God's house.
1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 240 The pot boiled and fuffed out little puffs of steam.
Derivatives
ˈfuffing n. and adj.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun] > spit or spitting
fuffing1681
sussing1693
fuff1881
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [noun] > genus Panthera > panthera tigris (tiger) > actions of
fuffing1681
1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem (1751) 151 Batrons..Doth fall a fuffing, and a mewing, While monkeys are the chesnuts chewing.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xiii. 107 Mioling of Tygers, bruzzing of Bears, sussing [read fuffing (Jam.)] of Kitnings.
1822 J. Hogg Three Perils of Man II. 231 ‘I should hae said something in return, but..I was like to fa' to the fuffing and greeting.’
1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags 165 ‘Them that steals..burns in muckle hell—bleezin' up in fuffin' lowes.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
fuffint.
/fʌf/, U.S. /fəf/, Scottish English /fʌf/ Scottish.
a. Used to imitate a sound.
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1808 J. Mayne Siller Gun (new ed.) ii. 51 Fuff play'd the priming—heels owr ither, They fell in shairn!
b. An exclamation of contempt.
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1804 W. Tarras Poems 4 Fuff, Robie man! chear up your dowie saul!
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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n.1535v.1513int.1804- make the groceries
- make the hard yards
- make the headlines
- make the most of
- make the move
- make the news
- make the newspapers
- make the pass
- make the plunge
- make the point
- make the point that
- make the post
- make the pot boil
- make the pot with the two ears
- make the priming to
- make the race
- make the rearward
- make the reversis
- make the riffle
- make the round
- make the rounds
- make the running
- make the rush bush keep the cow
- make the scene
- make the sign of the cross