fuff

English

Etymology

Imitative. Compare puff.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌf

Verb

fuff (third-person singular simple present fuffs, present participle fuffing, simple past and past participle fuffed)

1. (dialect, transitive, intransitive) To puff.
   • 1828, Mansie Waunch, The Life of Mansie Wauch, Tailor in Dalkeith:

     cats fuffing and fighting

Noun

fuff (plural fuffs)

1. (dialect) A puff.
2. (dialect) The spitting of a cat.
3. (dialect) A burst of anger.

References

• “fuff”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.