[tʃʌf], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a steam engine) move with a regular sharp puffing sound
(e.g: the train was chuffing out of the station)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 20th century: imitative

[tʃʌf], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person's buttocks or anus
(e.g: the parents should tell their daughter to get off her chuff and earn the money she receives)


Phrases:

Origin:
1940s: origin uncertain; the exclamation is a euphemistic alteration of fuck or a similar expletive

[tʃʌf], (Interjection)

Definitions:
- used for emphasis in questions and exclamations
(e.g: how the chuff should I know?)


Phrases:

Origin:
1940s: origin uncertain; the exclamation is a euphemistic alteration of fuck or a similar expletive