whuff

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noun

A blowing or puffing noise.

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nounwhuff (plural whuffs)

plural whuffs

  1. A blowing or puffing noise.

    […] the big boar who tried to scare us away with his fierce whuffs; […]

    1965, Frank Dufresne, No Room for Bears, page 11
  2. alternativeAlternative form of woof (“dog's bark”).
verbwhuff (third-person singular simple present whuffs, present participle whuffing, simple past and past participle whuffed)

present singular third person whuffs · participle present whuffing · participle past whuffed · past whuffed

  1. To make a blowing or puffing noise.

    He whuffs, the air knocked out of his lungs, rolling over and curling into a foetal position.

    2021, Jackson Ford, Eye of the Sh*t Storm
  2. alternativeAlternative form of woof (“to bark”).
Cite this entry
APA

whuff. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whuff

MLA

“whuff.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whuff. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whuff,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whuff.

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