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• Huff and Puff Cottage — (Окхерст,США) Категория отеля: 3 звездочный отель Адрес: 51052 Bon Veu Drive …   Каталог отелей

• puff — [n1] blast of air breath, draft, drag, draught, draw, emanation, flatus, flurry, gust, pull, smoke, waft, whiff, wind, wisp; concepts 437,524 puff [n2] advertisement advertising, blurb*, boost*, buildup*, commendation, favorable mention, good… …   New thesaurus

• 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 — 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*… …   Wikipedia

• huff — [huf] vt. [echoic] 1. Obs. to blow, swell, or puff up 2. to treat insolently; bully; hector 3. to make angry; offend vi. 1. to blow; puff 2. to become angry; take offense 3. Obs …   English World dictionary

• huff|er|y-puff|er|y — «HUHF uhr ee PUHF uhr ee», noun, plural er|ies. inflated or pompous speech or writing …   Useful english 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

• puff — 1 verb 1 (I) to breathe quickly and with difficulty after running, carrying something heavy etc: Catherine was puffing loudly as she carried the box into the room. (+ up/along etc): Duncan passed me, puffing up the hill. see also: huff and puff… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• puff — Synonyms and related words: Aqua Lung, Danish pastry, French pastry, PR, acknowledgment, add to, adulate, advertise, advertisement, advocate, aggrandize, amplify, apotheosize, appreciation, artificial respiration, aspiration, asthmatic wheeze,… …   Moby Thesaurus