Huff

Huff

Huff or huffing may refer to:
* "Huff" (TV series), a Showtime television program
* Huff (board games)
* Huff and puff apparatus
* Huff-Duff (HF/DF) High Frequency Direction Finder
* Huff-Daland Aero Corp
* The use of an inhalant.

People named Huff

* Aubrey Huff (b. 1976), baseball player
* Bob Huff (b. 1953), American politician
* Dann Huff (b. 1960), singer, guitarist, songwriter and producer, and foundation member of 80s hard rock band Giant
* Darrell Huff (1913-2001), economist and author of "How to Lie with Statistics"
* David Huff, drummer, songwriter and record producer, and foundation member of "Giant" along with brother Dann
* George Huff, Jr. (b. 1980), American singer
* Janice Huff (b. 1960), weather presenter and TV anchor person
* Leon Huff (b. 1942), afro-American songwriter and record producer with Kenneth Gamble as Gamble and Huff
* Michael Huff (b. 1983), American footballer
* Orlando Huff (b. 1978), American footballer
* Paul B. Huff (b. 1918), Medal of Honor recipient
* Sam Huff aka Robert Lee Huff (b. 1934), American footballer, coach and commentator
* Tanya Huff (b. 1957), Canadian fantasy author
* Thomas Huff, co-founder of Huff-Daland Aero Corp
* Warren D. Huff, professor of geology at the University of Cincinnati

Places Called Huff

* Huff, North Dakota


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  • Huff — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Brad Huff (* 1979), US amerikanischer Radrennfahrer Dann Huff (* 1960), US amerikanischer Gitarrist Leon Huff (* 1942), US amerikanischer Soul Pianist Martin W. Huff, deutscher Rechtsanwalt und Journalist… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • huff´i|ly — huff|y «HUHF ee», adjective, huff|i|er, huff|i|est. 1. in a huff; offended: »You re not huffy with myself (John Millington Synge) …   Useful english dictionary

  • huff|y — «HUHF ee», adjective, huff|i|er, huff|i|est. 1. in a huff; offended: »You re not huffy with myself (John Millington Synge) …   Useful english dictionary

  • huff — huff·i·ly; huff·i·ness; huff·ing·ly; huff·ish; huff; …   English syllables

  • Huff — Huff, n. 1. A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage. Left the place in a huff. W. Irving. [1913 Webster] 2. A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Huff — Huff, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Huffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Huffing}.] [Cf. OE. hoove to puff up, blow; prob. of imitative origin.] 1. To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air. Grew. [1913 Webster] 2. To treat with insolence and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Huff — Huff, v. i. 1. To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs. [1913 Webster] 2. To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense. [1913 Webster] This senseless arrogant conceit of theirs made them huff at the doctrine of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • huff — (v.) mid 15c., apparently imitative of exhaling. Extended sense of bluster with indignation is attested from 1590s. Related: Huffed; huffing. As a slang term for a type of narcotics abuse, by 1996. As a noun from 1590s; to leave in a huff is… …   Etymology dictionary

  • huff — [n] bad mood anger, annoyance, dudgeon, miff, offense, passion, perturbation, pet*, pique, rage, snit*, stew*, temper, tiff, umbrage; concept 410 Ant. delight, good mood, happiness huff [v] sigh, breathe out forcefully blow, expire, gasp, heave,… …   New thesaurus

  • huff — ► VERB (often huff and puff) 1) exhale noisily. 2) show one s annoyance in an obvious way. ► NOUN ▪ a fit of petty annoyance. ORIGIN imitative …   English terms dictionary

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