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whuff

whuff noun: a blowing or puffing noise. Also the alternative form of woof.

Noun

whuff (plural whuffs)

  1. A blowing or puffing noise.
    • […] the big boar who tried to scare us away with his fierce whuffs; […]1965, Frank Dufresne, No Room for Bears, page 11

Verb

whuff (third-person singular simple present whuffs, present participle whuffing, simple past and past participle whuffed)

  1. To make a blowing or puffing noise.
    • He whuffs, the air knocked out of his lungs, rolling over and curling into a foetal position.2021, Jackson Ford, Eye of the Sh*t Storm

Also used as

whuff is also the alternative form of woof.

Forms of whuff

Noun
pluralwhuffs
Verb
third-person singular presentwhuffs
present participlewhuffing
past participlewhuffed
pastwhuffed

Questions about whuff

What does whuff mean?
Whuff means a blowing or puffing noise.
What part of speech is whuff?
Whuff can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of whuff?
The plural of whuff is whuffs.

Words near whuff in the dictionary

  1. whud
  2. whudding
  3. whuddup
  4. WHUFC
  5. WHUFCW
  6. whuff
  7. whuffed
  8. whuffie
  9. whuffing
  10. whuffle
  11. whuffled

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