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huff

/hʌf/ /hʌf/
  1. 1
    solumak

    To breathe noisily and heavily, often due to exertion or anger.

    • He began to huff and puff after climbing the stairs.
      Merdivenleri çıktıktan sonra solumaya başladı.
    • The old man was huffing by the time he reached the top.
      Yaşlı adam tepeye vardığında soluk soluğaydı.
  2. 2
    sinirle söylenmek, bozularak söylemek

    To speak in an offended or annoyed way.

    • She huffed when she heard the unfair decision.
      Haksız kararı duyunca sinirle söylendi.
    • Don't huff at me like that!
      Bana öyle söylenip durma!
  3. 3
    (taşı) üflemek Sports

    In traditional draughts rules, to remove an opponent's piece from the board as a penalty for not making an available capture.

    • He was huffed for missing the mandatory jump.
      Zorunlu almayı kaçırdığı için taşı üflendi.
    • Most modern rules no longer allow huffing.
      Çoğu modern kural artık üflemeye izin vermiyor.

Verb Forms Regular

Base huff
/hʌf/
Past huffed
/hʌft/
Participle huffed
/hʌft/
Spelling rule

Add ‑edhuff → huffed

Fiilin sonuna -ed eklenir.

Same rule: work → worked · want → wanted · help → helped

Pronunciation of -ed
/t/worked /d/played /ɪd/wanted

Fiil sert (ötümsüz) bir ünsüzle, /f/ sesiyle bittiği için -ed /t/ okunur; yeni hece eklenmez. huffed /hʌft/

Synonyms

pantbreathe heavilyexhale noisily

Collocations

huff and puffhuff loudlyhuff angrily