chuffed1
[chuhft]
- delighted; pleased; satisfied.
Origin of chuffed1
chuffed2
[chuhft]
- annoyed; displeased; disgruntled.
Origin of chuffed2
1825–35; compare dial. (mainly S England) chuff, choff ill-tempered, surly, probably to be identified with chuff1
chuff3
[chuhf]
- a sound of or like the exhaust of a steam engine.
- to emit or proceed with chuffs: The train chuffed along.
Origin of chuff3
First recorded in 1910–15; imitative
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Examples from the Web for chuffed
Contemporary Examples
I'm just disappointed for the team but I'm chuffed to bits for him.
Historical Examples
It snuffed 'n' chuffed to beat the band, but it would n't budge for love nor money nor the man in goggles.
Susan Clegg and Her Neighbors' AffairsAnne Warner
chuffed
- British slang pleased or delightednone too chuffed
chuff1
- a puffing sound of or as if of a steam engine
- (intr) to move while emitting such soundsthe train chuffed on its way
Word Origin
C20: of imitative origin
chuff2
- dialect a boor; churl; sullen fellow
Word Origin
C17: from obsolete chuff (n) fat cheek, of obscure origin
chuff3
- (tr; usually passive) British slang to please or delighthe was chuffed by his pay rise
Word Origin
probably from chuff (adj) pleased, happy (earlier: chubby), from C16 chuff (obsolete n) a fat cheek, of unknown origin
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Word Origin and History for chuffed
chuff
"pleased, happy," c.1860, British dialect, from obsolete chuff "swollen with fat" (1520s). A second British dialectal chuff has an opposite meaning, "displeased, gruff" (1832), from chuff "rude fellow," or, as Johnson has it, "a coarse, fat-headed, blunt clown" (mid-15c.), of unknown origin. Related: Chuffed.
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