Definition of "huff" []

• A fit of anger or annoyance; a pique: stormed off in a huff. (noun)
• To puff; blow. (verb-intransitive)
• To make noisy, empty threats; bluster. (verb-intransitive)
• To react indignantly; take offense. (verb-intransitive)
• Slang To inhale the fumes of a volatile chemical or substance as a means of becoming intoxicated. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Some editor of Hall has endeavoured to explain the term huff-cap by _blustering, swaggering."
• "For a domestic audience, Mr. Sarkozy gets proof that his return last year to NATO's military command after a 40-year De Gaulle-orchestrated huff is paying dividends."
• "Do you huff from a can of spray paint before you write every post?"