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taken huff

taken huff is the past participle of take huff.

Meaning of take huff

Verb

take huff (third-person singular simple present takes huff, present participle taking huff, simple past took huff, past participle taken huff)

  1. (dated, idiomatic) To take offence.
    • He is as proud as Lucifer , he is always taking huff about one thing or the other.1854, Arthur Pendennis [pseudonym; William Makepeace Thackeray], The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], →OCLC

Questions about taken huff

What is taken huff the past participle of?
Taken huff is the past participle of take huff.

Words near taken huff in the dictionary

  1. taken hold
  2. taken holy orders
  3. taken home
  4. taken horse
  5. taken hostage
  6. taken huff
  7. taken ill
  8. taken in
  9. taken in hand
  10. taken into account
  11. taken into consideration

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