"huffer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈhʌfə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhʌfɚ/ [General-American] Forms: huffers [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌfə(ɹ) Etymology: From huff + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|huff|er|id2=agent noun}} huff + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} huffer (plural huffers)
  1. A bully; a blusterer. Translations (blusterer): mahtailija (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-huffer-en-noun-~lOPBV0h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, People Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 87 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of People: 59 41 Disambiguation of 'blusterer': 97 3
  2. A drug addict who gets a high by inhaling or sniffing (huffing) intoxicating fumes, as in glue or aerosols. Hypernyms (addict): addict Hyponyms (addict): glue sniffer
    Sense id: en-huffer-en-noun-8VIaxK2e Disambiguation of 'addict': 0 100 Disambiguation of 'addict': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: braggart (alt: blusterer) Translations (inhaler): čichač [masculine] (Czech), imppaaja (Finnish), imppari (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'inhaler': 49 51

Inflected forms

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