chuffed


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chuff 1

 (chŭf)
n.
A rude, insensitive person; a boor.
[Middle English chuffe.]

chuff 2

 (chŭf)
intr.v. chuffed, chuf·fing, chuffs
To produce or move with noisy puffing or explosive sounds: "Switch engines chuffed impatiently in busy rail yards" (Robert Paul Jordan).
n.
A noisy puffing or explosive sound, such as one made by a locomotive.
[Imitative.]

chuff 3

 (chŭf)
n. Chiefly British Vulgar Slang
1. The buttocks.
2. The anus.
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chuffed

(tʃʌft)
adj
slang Brit pleased or delighted: none too chuffed.
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chuffed

(tʃʌft)

adj. Brit.
proud; delighted.
[1855–60]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.chuffed - very pleased; "I'm chuffed to have won"
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
pleased - experiencing or manifesting pleasure
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Translations

chuffed

[tʃʌft] ADJ (Brit) (= pleased) → satisfecho, contento
he was pretty chuffed about it → estaba la mar de contento por eso
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chuffed

[ˈtʃʌft] adj (British) to be chuffed about sth → être super content(e) de qch
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

chuffed

adj (Brit inf) → vergnügt und zufrieden; (= flattered) → gebauchpinselt (inf) → (about wegen); I was dead chuffed about it → ich freute mich darüber wie ein Schneekönig (inf); to be chuffed with oneself → auf sich (acc) → selbst stolz sein; to look chuffed with oneself → sehr zufrieden aussehen
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chuffed

[tʃʌft] adj (Brit) (fam) to be chuffed about sth → essere arcicontento/a di qc
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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