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HUFF
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English
English : possibly an unflattering nickname for a boastful, swaggering person (one who huffs and puffs).German (Hüffer) : from the Germanic personal name Hugifrid, composed of hug ‘head’, ‘mind’, ‘spirit’ + frid ‘peace’.North German (Hüffer) : status name for a prosperous small farmer. Compare South German Huber.German : probably an American spelling of Hof or Hoff.
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English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a spur of a hill, Old English hÅh (literally, ‘heel’).German : from the Germanic personal name Hufo, a short form of a compound name formed with hug ‘heart’, ‘mind’, ‘spirit’ as the first element.
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English
English : variant of Huff.Altered spelling of German Hauff.
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Dutch and North German
Dutch and North German : variant of Hoff.North German : topographic name from a variant of Hoff.Dutch : nickname from hoofd ‘head’. Compare English Head 1.English : variant spelling of Huff.
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English (mainly south Lancashire)
English (mainly south Lancashire) : habitational name from some place named as a smallholding (see Croft) on the spur of a hill (see Huff), e.g. Howcroft in Rimington, West Yorkshire.
Male
English
Pet form of English Humphrey, HUFFIE means "peaceful giant."
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English
English : variant of Ufford with the addition of an inorganic H-.
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English
English : habitational name, most likely Uffington in Lincolnshire, named with the Old English personal name Uffa + Old English -ing- denoting association + tūn ‘settlement’. Other places so named are found in Shropshire and Oxfordshire, as well as Uffington Farm in Goodneston, Kent, which may also have contributed to the surname. The Oxfordshire place name is from the genitive form (Uffan) of the Old English personal name Uffa + tūn, while the other two are of the same derivation as the Lincolnshire place name.
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v. t.
To remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3.
a.
Blustering; swaggering.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Huff
n.
A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance.
imp. & p. p.
of Huff
n.
A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage.
v. t.
To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air.
v. t.
To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully.
v. i.
To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense.
n.
A blusterer; a bully.
a.
Characterized by arrogance or petulance; easily offended.
v. i.
To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs.
a.
Puffed up; as, huffy bread.
n.
The state of being huffish; petulance; bad temper.
v. i.
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.
n.
A bully; a blusterer.
a.
Disposed to be blustering or arrogant; petulant.
adv.
Blusteringly; arrogantly.