chuff

2
[ chuhf, choo f ]
/ tʃʌf, tʃʊf /

adjective British Dialect.

chubby; fat.
swollen with pride; proud; elated.

Origin of chuff

2
1600–10; compare earlier chuff puffed cheek, perhaps representing Middle English cholle jowl2 conflated with uncertain elements

Words nearby chuff

chuddar, chuddies, chuddy, chudskoye ozero, chufa, chuff, chuffed, chuffing, chuffle, chuffy, chug

Example sentences from the Web for chuffer

  • The plutocrat has his chuffer, a minion of greed and pelf; the poor man must weep and suffer, and drive his own car himself.

    Rippling Rhymes |Walt Mason

British Dictionary definitions for chuffer (1 of 3)

chuff 1
/ (tʃʌf) /

noun

a puffing sound of or as if of a steam engine

verb

(intr) to move while emitting such sounds the train chuffed on its way

Word Origin for chuff

C20: of imitative origin

British Dictionary definitions for chuffer (2 of 3)

chuff 2
/ (tʃʌf) /

noun

dialect a boor; churl; sullen fellow

Word Origin for chuff

C17: from obsolete chuff (n) fat cheek, of obscure origin

British Dictionary definitions for chuffer (3 of 3)

chuff 3
/ (tʃʌf) /

verb

(tr; usually passive) British slang to please or delight he was chuffed by his pay rise

Word Origin for chuff

probably from chuff (adj) pleased, happy (earlier: chubby), from C16 chuff (obsolete n) a fat cheek, of unknown origin