"fuff" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fuffs [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌf Etymology: Imitative. Compare puff. Etymology templates: {{m|en|puff}} puff Head templates: {{en-noun}} fuff (plural fuffs)
  1. (dialect) A puff. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-fuff-en-noun-ZsSUbOqM
  2. (dialect) The spitting of a cat. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-fuff-en-noun-BaGa7B72
  3. (dialect) A burst of anger. Tags: dialectal Categories (topical): Anger
    Sense id: en-fuff-en-noun-9Jis19Bz Disambiguation of Anger: 7 2 85 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 8 45 23 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 5 62 16

Verb

Forms: fuffs [present, singular, third-person], fuffing [participle, present], fuffed [participle, past], fuffed [past]
Rhymes: -ʌf Etymology: Imitative. Compare puff. Etymology templates: {{m|en|puff}} puff Head templates: {{en-verb}} fuff (third-person singular simple present fuffs, present participle fuffing, simple past and past participle fuffed)
  1. (dialect, transitive, intransitive) To puff. Tags: dialectal, intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-fuff-en-verb-X0~Yo5jU

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for fuff meaning in English (2.6kB)

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