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Chuffed

//ˈtʃʌft// adj, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Very pleased or satisfied; delighted. Ireland, UK, informal

    "Then when Karen got him on her morning show he was chuffed as a haemophiliac with a foolproof razor"

  2. 2
    Displeased; gruff. Ireland, UK, dialectal
Adjective
  1. 1
    very pleased wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of chuff form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

From dialectal (northern England, not Scotland) chuff, originally meaning “puffed with fat”. First attested in 1957.

Etymology 2

From dialectal (northern England, not Scotland) chuff, originally meaning “puffed with fat”. First attested in 1957.

Etymology 3

From chuff, "a coarse or stupid fellow".

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