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taking huff

taking huff is the present participle and gerund 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 taking huff

What is taking huff the present participle and gerund of?
Taking huff is the present participle and gerund of take huff.

Words near taking huff in the dictionary

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

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