whuff

English

Noun

whuff (plural whuffs)

1. A blowing or puffing noise.
   • 1965, Frank Dufresne, No Room for Bears, page 11:

     […] the big boar who tried to scare us away with his fierce whuffs; […]

2. Alternative form of woof (“dog's bark”)

Verb

whuff (third-person singular simple present whuffs, present participle whuffing, simple past and past participle whuffed)

1. To make a blowing or puffing noise.
   • 2021, Jackson Ford, Eye of the Sh*t Storm:

     He whuffs, the air knocked out of his lungs, rolling over and curling into a foetal position.

2. Alternative form of woof (“to bark”)