| Back | chuffed /chuft/ |
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| Front | adjective Pleased; satisfied. [From English dialect chuff (pleased, puffed, swollen with pride).] Displeased; annoyed. [From chuff (boor, churl), from Middle English chuffe.] He was really chuffed about the fire as well, because Mrs Pearson from up the stairs had her washing ruined by the smoke. - Irvine Welsh, Marabou Stork Nightmares, 1997 Well, we can discuss that when we get there. Declan will be chuffed when I tell him, the family never usually goes to these things. - Cecelia Ahern, P.S. I Love You, 2007 |
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