as in bastard
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
the sort of ostentatious London townhouse that some greedy chuff of a billionaire might own
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Recent Examples of chuff
The zero-drop design encourages natural foot movement, while the mid-height cut adds ankle protection from scree and trail chuff without adding bulk to the overall shoe.
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Joe Jackson,
Outside,
18 Nov. 2025
The easily accessible velocity feels intoxicating and is accentuated with a rich sonic layer cake: the whoosh of air sucking into the engine, the hiss of spooling turbos, the chuff of blowoff valves, and the deep-bass thrum of combustion pulsing through a large trapezoidal exhaust vane.
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Basem Wasef,
Robb Report,
20 Sep. 2025
Since good active noise cancellation (ANC) relies on algorithms, Google could use its advanced AI capabilities to filter out the chuff and offer the most personalized ANC on the market.
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Iyaz Akhtar,
PC Magazine,
16 Aug. 2025
Found in the far northeast of Japan on the island of Hokkaido, the Fuyu-no-Shitsugen train chuffs through this national park with retro style in the winter months.
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John Walton,
CNN,
10 Apr. 2023
At engineer Chuck Wolf's signal, air from each car's reservoir instantly begins pounding into the cylinder in a cacophony of clangs and chuffs.
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IEEE Spectrum,
3 Dec. 2022
The vault's stone hull juts like a shipwreck in the drifted ice while polar bears chuff and lumber past the door.
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Brittney Corrigan,
Scientific American,
19 May 2022
Joe Jackson,
Outside,
18 Nov. 2025
The easily accessible velocity feels intoxicating and is accentuated with a rich sonic layer cake: the whoosh of air sucking into the engine, the hiss of spooling turbos, the chuff of blowoff valves, and the deep-bass thrum of combustion pulsing through a large trapezoidal exhaust vane.
—
Basem Wasef,
Robb Report,
20 Sep. 2025
Since good active noise cancellation (ANC) relies on algorithms, Google could use its advanced AI capabilities to filter out the chuff and offer the most personalized ANC on the market.
—
Iyaz Akhtar,
PC Magazine,
16 Aug. 2025
Found in the far northeast of Japan on the island of Hokkaido, the Fuyu-no-Shitsugen train chuffs through this national park with retro style in the winter months.
—
John Walton,
CNN,
10 Apr. 2023
At engineer Chuck Wolf's signal, air from each car's reservoir instantly begins pounding into the cylinder in a cacophony of clangs and chuffs.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
3 Dec. 2022
The vault's stone hull juts like a shipwreck in the drifted ice while polar bears chuff and lumber past the door.
—
Brittney Corrigan,
Scientific American,
19 May 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chuff
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This Jamaican restaurant, located just off Main Street, brings Caribbean flavors to Mackinac Island’s solid rotation of restaurants, with planked whitefish and jerk chicken sandwiches.
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After Game 4, jerks were throwing things at Victor Wembanyama.
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What breaks my heart is that Vermax’s cries sounded like a dog crying, a dog dying.
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Roughly the size of a large dog and weighing more than 110 pounds (50 kilograms), the quadruped robot is designed to navigate industrial facilities that include staircases, narrow walkways, uneven surfaces, and confined spaces.
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The island village is beset by sea hags, serial killers, creepy clowns and other evils that interfere with Tom’s dream of turning Widow’s Bay into a Martha’s Vineyard-like tourist destination.
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Even the announcers are laughing at the clown Way to swing the bat.
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Clooney might be known as the joker of the two.
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Like any public hearing, there were a few jokers who had some strange outbursts, but the majority of the over a dozen speakers weren’t satisfied with Gower’s presentation and used their times to ask questions of the owners as to what has taken so long with this project.
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There are obvious similarities to Brad Marchand here, with rat king energy and two-way skill, but his shutdown play could put him on the Seth Jarvis track, too.
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Retrofitted rat traps that fired Hollywood blanks meant to deafen and deter.
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Fortunately, there are tons of products available to help prevent mosquito bites and drive the little buggers away from you in the first place.
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At least one week before your trip, inspect the leaves and branches for pests and eradicate any buggers.
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The lakeshore bird also faces threats from predators like dogs, coyotes and skunks.
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Bruha said preventing access to those areas is one of the most effective ways to keep skunks from settling on a property.
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“Chuff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chuff. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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