chuff

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Recent Examples of chuff 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
Noun
  • Check out its jerk chicken roll filled with carrots, cabbage, onions, cheese and jerk mayo; or try the jerk chicken wings and sides of rice and peas, plantains and cabbage.
    Loán Lake, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2025
  • No one says, 'This guy's a jerk, that guy is that,' or anything like that.
    Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Robotic dogs and militant imagery stand in for violence and human invention turned destructive.
    David Hochman, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • In Toledo, a misread contributed to a Black man being mauled by a police K-9 dog after a traffic stop.
    Jennifer Jolly, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Nothing sends chills down your spine like evil clowns, undead monsters and a filthy car.
    Charlie Vargas, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Someone should be impeaching this Laporta clown.
    Pol Ballus, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • These jokers in Indianapolis acting the fool.
    Chris Sims, IndyStar, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The guest’s winning cards were a 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and a joker acting as a 6, all in clubs, according to the casino.
    Helena Wegner, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Research performed on rats found that when TPO was ingested, reproductive difficulties and negative effects on the endocrine (hormonal) systems followed.
    Morgan Fargo, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Inspectors shut down the Thai restaurant in Rancho Cordova aftering finding approximately 50 rat droppings below the water heater in the back of the kitchen and about 15 to 25 droppings throughout the corners of the cook’s line, the front counter in the lobby and the back of dry storage area.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Fortunately, there are tons of products available to help prevent mosquito bites and drive the little buggers away from you in the first place.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 26 June 2025
  • At least one week before your trip, inspect the leaves and branches for pests and eradicate any buggers.
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • After World War I, fur remained a status garment, though lower-cost furs like skunk, mole, and musquash entered mainstream winter wear.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Around 75% of Americans are exposed to raccoons, skunks and foxes — the very wildlife that commonly spread the fatal disease to humans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    Shiv Sudhakar, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Chuff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chuff. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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