Whuff
/wʌf/noun
To blow or puff, or to make a short breathy blowing sound.
Did you know?Whuff belongs to a class of expressive, sound-imitating English words whose meaning is shaped partly by the physical noise they resemble, rather than by an older classical root.
Etymological Timeline
Early Modern English
English
whuff
“An imitative form representing a short puffing or blowing sound”
17th Century
English
whuff
“To blow or puff noisily; to make a breathy sound”
18th Century
English
whuff
“A puff or gust of breath, especially in dialectal usage”
19th Century
English
whuff
“A brief blowing, snorting, or breath-like sound”
Modern English
English
whuff
“To blow or puff, or the sound produced by doing so”