See fuff on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Imitative. Compare puff.",
"forms": [
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"tags": [
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},
{
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"ref": "1828, Mansie Waunch, The Life of Mansie Wauch, Tailor in Dalkeith:",
"text": "cats fuffing and fighting",
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"To puff."
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"(dialect, ambitransitive) To puff."
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"ipa": "/fʌf/",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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},
{
"ipa": "/fɐf/",
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"New-Zealand"
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},
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"ipa": "/fʊf/",
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{
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"etymology_text": "Imitative. Compare puff.",
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"(dialect) A puff."
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"The spitting of a cat."
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"(dialect) The spitting of a cat."
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"A burst of anger."
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"(dialect) A burst of anger."
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},
{
"ipa": "/fʊf/",
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"etymology_text": "Imitative. Compare puff.",
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"glosses": [
"To puff."
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"(dialect, ambitransitive) To puff."
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"ipa": "/fɐf/",
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"New-Zealand"
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{
"ipa": "/fʊf/",
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],
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"etymology_text": "Imitative. Compare puff.",
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"glosses": [
"A puff."
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"(dialect) A puff."
],
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"glosses": [
"The spitting of a cat."
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"spit",
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"(dialect) The spitting of a cat."
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"A burst of anger."
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"(dialect) A burst of anger."
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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"General-Australian",
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],
"word": "fuff"
}
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