To puff or blow.To dilate; swell up: as, the bread huffs.To swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; bluster; storm; rant.To swell; puff; distend.To treat with insolence or arrogance; rebuke rudely; hector.In chess, to remove from the board, as a captured piece.In checkers, to remove from the board, as a piece belonging to one player, as a penalty for not having taken an exposed piece belonging to the other. It is usual for the player, in removing the piece, to blow upon it. See huff, n., 3.n. A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of petulance or ill humor.n. One puffed up with an extravagant opinion of his own value or importance.n. In checkers, the removal of a player's piece from the board when, having the chance, he refuses or neglects to capture one or more of his opponent's pieces.n. Light paste, or pie-crust.n. A dry, scurfy, or scaly incrustation on the skin.n. Strong beer.Angry; huffish.