chuff 1
/chuf/ , n.
1. a rustic.
2. a boor; churl.
3. a miserly fellow.
[ 1400-50; late ME chuffe, of obscure orig. ]
chuff 2
/chuf, choof/ , adj. Brit. Dial.
1. chubby; fat.
2. swollen with pride; proud; elated.
[ 1600-10; cf. earlier chuff puffed cheek, perh. repr. ME cholle JOWL 2 conflated with uncert. elements ]
chuff 3
/chuf/ , n.
1. a sound of or like the exhaust of a steam engine.
v.i.
2. to emit or proceed with chuffs: The train chuffed along.
[ 1910-15; imit. ]