vi to enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs.
2. huff ·noun a boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance.
3. huff ·noun a swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage.
4. huff ·vt to remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). ·see huff, ·vi, 3.
5. huff ·vt to swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air.
6. huff ·vi to bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense.
7. huff ·vt to treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully.
8. huff ·vi to remove from the board a man which could have captured a piece but has not done so;
so called because it was the habit to blow upon the piece.