chuffed

adjective \ ˈchəft \

|Updated on: 27 May 2018

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British

: quite pleased : delighted

he is chuffed to be back in Welsh rugby
—Simon Thomas

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Examples of chuffed in a Sentence

I was feeling rather chuffed with myself, having competed in a cricket tournament with some of England's best.

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Other BBMAs attendees appeared chuffed to interact with Swift as well.

— abby jones, Billboard, "See Taylor Swift's Photos From the 2018 Billboard Music Awards," 21 May 2018
Norfolk Islanders are proud of their unique culture and the lawn bowlers were chuffed to stand on a podium and watch the raising of their green and white flag that features the Norfolk Pine.

— Fox News, "Norfolk Islanders capture bronze medal on Aussie mainland," 8 Apr. 2018
Foddy, an unpresuming Australian with a doctorate in moral philosophy who now makes video games that purposely abuse their players, encouraged me not to get too chuffed about my entourage.

— ian bogost, The Atlantic, "All Followers Are Fake Followers," 30 Jan. 2018
Attenborough seems quite chuffed by his new namesake.

— brigit katz, Smithsonian, "Ancient Crustacean Named After David Attenborough," 23 Mar. 2017
Nobody, however, looked as unsure of his footing as Chairman Devin Nunes, who, not very long ago, was feeling chuffed enough to snark at reporters about how silly this all is.

— charles p. pierce, Esquire, "One Key Takeaway from Monday's Comey Hearing," 20 Mar. 2017
Attenborough seems quite chuffed by his new namesake.

— brigit katz, Smithsonian, "Ancient Crustacean Named After David Attenborough," 23 Mar. 2017

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Origin and Etymology of chuffed

English dialect chuff pleased, puffed with fat

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