chuff

chuff 2[chuhf, choo f] ExamplesWord Origin adjective British Dialect.

1. chubby; fat.
2. swollen with pride; proud; elated.

Origin of chuff 2 1600–10; compare earlier chuff puffed cheek, perhaps representing Middle English cholle jowl2 conflated with uncertain elements Examples from the Web for chuffer Historical Examples of chuffer

The plutocrat has his chuffer, a minion of greed and pelf; the poor man must weep and suffer, and drive his own car himself.

Rippling Rhymes

Walt Mason

British Dictionary definitions for chuffer chuff 1 noun

1. a puffing sound of or as if of a steam engine

verb

2. (intr) to move while emitting such soundsthe train chuffed on its way

Word Origin for chuff C20: of imitative origin chuff 2 noun

1. dialect a boor; churl; sullen fellow

Word Origin for chuff C17: from obsolete chuff (n) fat cheek, of obscure origin chuff 3 verb

1. (tr; usually passive) British slang to please or delighthe was chuffed by his pay rise

Word Origin for chuff probably from chuff (adj) pleased, happy (earlier: chubby), from C16 chuff (obsolete n) a fat cheek, of unknown origin Word Origin and History for chuffer 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.