A swell of sudden anger or arrogance. A Spaniard was wonderfully upon the huff about his extraction.

A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance. Lewd shallow-brained huffs make atheism and contempt of religion the badge of wit.

To swell; to enlarge; to puff up.

To hector; to bully; to treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence.

To swell; to dilate or enlarge; as, the bread huffs.

To bluster; to swell with anger, pride or arrogance; to storm. This arrogant conceit made them huff at the doctrine of repentance. A huffing, shining, flattering, cringing coward.