chuffed

UK: /ˈtʃʌft/ US: (chuft)

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chuffed¹  (chuft), adj. [Brit. Informal.]

1. British Terms delighted;
   pleased;
   satisfied.

• see chuff², -ed² 1855–60

chuffed²  (chuft), adj. [Brit. Informal.]

1. British Terms annoyed;
   displeased;
   disgruntled.

• compare dialect, dialectal (mainly south, southern England) chuff, choff ill-tempered, surly, probably to be identified with chuff¹ 1825–35

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chuff¹  (chuf ), n. 

1. a rustic.
2. a boor;
   churl.
3. a miserly fellow.

• late Middle English chuffe, of obscure origin, originally 1400–50

chuff²  (chuf, chŏŏf ), adj. [Brit. Dial.]

1. British Terms chubby;
   fat.
2. British Terms swollen with pride;
   proud;
   elated.

• compare earlier chuff puffed cheek, perh. representing Middle English cholle jowl² conflated with uncertain elements 1600–10

chuff³  (chuf ), n. 

1. a sound of or like the exhaust of a steam engine.

v.i. 

2. to emit or proceed with chuffs:
   The train chuffed along.

• imitative 1910–15

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chuff / tʃʌf/ noun

1. a puffing sound of or as if of a steam engine

verb

1. (intransitive) to move while emitting such sounds: the train chuffed on its way

Etymology: 20th Century: of imitative origin

chuff / tʃʌf/ verb

1. (tr; usually passive) to please or delight: he was chuffed by his pay rise

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