leave in a huff
1huff — (v.) mid 15c., apparently imitative of exhaling. Extended sense of bluster with indignation is attested from 1590s. Related: Huffed; huffing. As a slang term for a type of narcotics abuse, by 1996. As a noun from 1590s; to leave in a huff is… …
2huff — n. (to leave) in a huff * * * [hʌf] (to leave) in a huff …
3huff — 1 verb (I) informal 1 huff and puff to breathe out noisily, especially because you are tired: By the time he got to the top he was huffing and puffing. 2 huffing and puffing behaviour that shows that someone disagrees strongly with something such …
4huff — huff1 [hʌf] v informal [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: From the sound] 1.) huff and puff a) to breathe out in a noisy way, especially when you do something that involves a lot of physical effort ▪ He was huffing and puffing by the time he got to the… …
5Don't Leave Me This Way — This article is about the song written by Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, and Cary Gilbert. For the Tina Turner song, see Don t Leave Me This Way (Tina Turner song). Don t Leave Me This Way …
6Gail Huff — Residence Wrentham, Massachusetts Alma mater Bentley College Occupation broadcast journalist Years active 1984 2010 Home town Waltham, Massachusetts …
7Zeugma — (from the Greek word ζεύγμα , meaning yoke ) is a figure of speech describing the joining of two or more parts of a sentence with a single common verb or noun. A zeugma employs both ellipsis, the omission of words which are easily understood, and …
8The Merry Widow (ballet) — Infobox Ballet name = The Merry Widow image size = caption = choreographer = Ronald Hynd composer = Franz Lehár (adapted by John Lanchbery and Alan Abbott based on = The Merry Widow operetta premiere = 13 November 1975 place = Palais Theatre,… …
9Title of show — Infobox Musical name= [title of show] caption= Original Off Broadway production music=Jeff Bowen lyrics=Jeff Bowen book=Hunter Bell based on=The story of its own creation basis= productions= 2006 Off Broadway 2008 Broadway awards= [title of show] …
10Albert Herring — is a comic chamber opera in three acts by Benjamin Britten, his Opus 39. Written as a companion piece for his serious opera The Rape of Lucretia , the libretto, by Eric Crozier, was based on Guy de Maupassant s story Le Rosier de Madame Husson ,… …
