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chuff
1
(chuff)
Pronunciation:
/tʃʌf/
verb
[
no object, with adverbial of direction
]
(of a steam engine) move with a regular sharp puffing sound:
the train was chuffing out of the station
Origin:
early 20th century
: imitative
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