chuff

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chuff (comparative more chuff, superlative most chuff)

chuff (plural chuffs)

A coarse or stupid fellow.
(scriptwriting, uncountable) Superfluous small talk that is free of conflict, offers no character development, description or insight, and does not advance the story or plot.
(vulgar slang) The anus.

A coarse or stupid fellow

chuff (third-person singular simple present chuffs, present participle chuffing, simple past and past participle chuffed)

(intransitive) To make noisy puffing sounds, as of a steam locomotive.
- 1912, Katherine Mansfield, "The Woman At The Store", Selected Short Stories
  
  The horses stumbled along, coughing and chuffing.
- 1928, D. H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover
  
  ... and the small lit up train that chuffed past in the cutting made it seem like real night.
- 1990, John Updike, Rabbit at Rest
  
  The pigeons chuff and chortle off in indignant disappointment.
(transitive, slang) To purposefully fail a standardized test in a conspicuous way.
(UK, informal) To break wind.