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Huffer

//ˈhʌfə// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A drug addict who gets a high by inhaling or sniffing (huffing) intoxicating fumes, as in glue or aerosols. US
  2. 2
    One who huffs. rare

    "“Taxi,” I yelled, “taxi,” racing across the street and grazing the bumper of a delivery van that veered and stopped short, the driver cursing me with proletarian gusto. I reached the door about half an arm’s length ahead of a grey-haired gentleman who huffed, “It’s mine, it’s mine,” and I dropped into the vinyl-covered seat, twirled the handle that lifted a safety-glass barrier between me and the huffer, […]"

  3. 3
    A bully; a blusterer. obsolete

    "To be expos'd in th'end to ſuffer / By ſuch a Braggadochio Huffer."

Etymology

From huff + -er.

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