chuffed

IPA: tʃˈʌft

adjective

  • (UK, Ireland, informal) Very pleased or satisfied; delighted.
  • (UK, Ireland, dialect) Displeased; gruff.
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Examples of "chuffed" in Sentences

  • British troops 'chuffed' to receive Queen's Christmas message of support
  • Joe thought New York was amazing, and he was "chuffed" to be in the Big Apple.
  • In the UK "chuffed" means "happy" as in "I was well chufffed to pick the winner in that race".
  • I could do no less for the only person in the chat who understood what I meant when I said I was "chuffed" without explanation.
  • But at the time I was kind of chuffed at answering “Argentina” after holding my hand up for a few minutes and listening to five or six wrong guesses.
  • We're pretty sure that chuffed translates to "psyched" or "pumped" or the like, but if it's actually some sort of South African curse word, we apologize profusely in advance.
  • And in reality, I am so chuffed that all these wonderful people care about me (no, tahnan, "chuffed" is not a dirty word), and it is more than I deserve, by far, and I'm not asking for more than that, really, I'm not.
  • The story at the zoo at the time was that the tiger had jumped out in reaction to a different woman, a regular visitor, who often "chuffed" at the tigers to get replies (this is a soft friendly greeting, also known as "prusten").

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