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How to pronounce “huff”

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Pronunciation guide for huff

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of huff with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Seth Shostak: ET is (probably) out there — get ready 18 minutes,These are some kids from the Huff School, fourth graders.
Definition summary: A heavy breath; a grunt or sigh.

Example 1 of 8

Seth Shostak: ET is (probably) out there — get ready 18 minutes,

These are some kids from the Huff School, fourth graders.

[Noun]
A heavy breath; a grunt or sigh.
(figurative) A condition of anger, annoyance, disgust, etc.
(obsolete) One swelled with a false sense of importance or value; a boaster.
(draughts) The act of removing an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it).
[Verb]
(intransitive) To breathe heavily.
(intransitive) To say in a huffy manner.
(intransitive) To enlarge; to swell up.
(intransitive) To bluster or swell with anger, arrogance, or pride; to storm; to take offense. [from the 16th c.]
(transitive) To treat with arrogance and insolence; to chide or rebuke rudely; to bully, to hector.
(transitive, archaic) To vex; to offend.
(transitive) To inhale psychoactive inhalants. [from the 20th c.]
(transitive, draughts) To remove an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it).

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