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chuffed adjective [ tʃʌft ]

• very pleased.
• "I'm dead chuffed to have won"
Origin: 1950s: from dialect chuff ‘plump or pleased’.

chuff verb

• (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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