I. huff 1 /hʌf/ BrE AmE verb informal
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: From the sound ]
1 . huff and puff
a) to breathe out in a noisy way, especially when you do something that involves a lot of physical effort:
He was huffing and puffing by the time he got to the top.
b) to show clearly that you strongly disagree with or are annoyed about something:
After a lot of huffing and puffing, he eventually gave in to our request.
2 . [transitive] to say something in a way that shows you are annoyed, often because someone has offended you:
‘I haven’t got time for that now,’ huffed Sam irritably.
II. huff 2 BrE AmE noun
in a huff feeling angry or bad-tempered, especially because someone has offended you
go off/walk off/leave etc in a huff
She stormed out in a huff.