FUFF

Etymology

Verb

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

(dialect, ambitransitive) To puff.

Noun

fuff (plural fuffs)

(dialect) A puff.

(dialect) The spitting of a cat.

(dialect) A burst of anger.

Source: Wiktionary


Fuff, v. t. & i. Etym: [Of imitative origin. Cf. Puff.]

Definition: To puff. [Prov. Eng. A Local, U. S.] Halliwel.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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