huffy

huffy

slang Annoyed or indignant, often with little provocation. Geez, if you say the slightest critical word to Alice, she gets all huffy!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

huffy

mod. angry; haughty. Now, don’t get huffy. I said I was sorry, didn’t I?
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • beetlebrain
  • cabbagehead
  • dinghead
  • dipwad
  • chowderhead
  • blockhead
  • dimwit
  • corny
  • guzzery
References in periodicals archive
The Huffy Beach Cruiser is specially decorated with Panama Jack embellishments and detailing.
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This 1971 ad proves just how good Huffy was at it, too.
Handlebar hipsters: a Huffy bike has always carried the promise of being cool--but why was that promise easier to believe in the 1970s?
I just know that the Patriots were pretty huffy about Ray Lewis last year, so now maybe they should pipe down about players with records on other teams."
Friendly argument over unfriendly sports
Huffy Corporation (USA) has more than a hundred years of experience in the bicycle business and its bicycles are hallmarks of innovative design, high-quality components, proven durability and time-tested performance.
Huffy Bicycles from USA enters the Indian market
Huffy again put Huddersfield in front which looked like bringing Dragons their first win, but Driffield levelled in the last minute of the game.
HOTSHOT HIRST; Striker fires Dragons to success
I used to get a bit huffy watching Belonging, where a few cast members spoke in "BBC Wales Valleys" rather than the authentic twang of we natives.
Never mind the accent, just enjoy the mad, fluffy drama
Bicycle Huffy Schwinn Roadmaster Mountain 3-speed 2.
Inventions I remember
Mariotti, an executive advisor and former head of such companies as Huffy and Rubbermaid, maintains that corporations are suffering from profit losses due to accounting systems that are much too complicated.
The complexity crisis; why too many products, markets, and customers are crippling your company--and what to do about it
At the moment, mainly people who do remarkably stupid things and then get huffy when you try to stop them
BITES
It's time all three X Factor judges stopped behaving like huffy babies and just did what they're paid to do.
CAROLE MALONE: QUIT BEING A BABY, LOUIS
He spent seven years at Huffy, known for sporting goods and retail services.
HUFFY'S D'ALOIA PEDALS TO ROYAL PRESIDENT POST
that, among other aspects, extends NBA licenses for Spalding basketballs and Huffy and Spalding backboards.
Elvis stake sold; direct retail deals come and go
The Finnish sports equipment and tobacco company Amer Group Plc said on Tuesday (2 December) that its winter sports division Atomic was acquiring the Volant ski brand from the US company Huffy Corporation.
Amer Group Plc acquires Volant ski brand in US
Huffy Sports, Sussex, Wis., hits nothing but net with an impressive lineup that includes the No Tools Required portable basketball system ($95.99); S-Pole adjustable Cobra ($149.99); and, for those whose "game needs a little lift"--get it?--the 74209 Gas Assist ($499).
Go to the hoop
Menasha provides the design services, marketing support, display fabrication and printing for customers such as Rayovac, General Mills, Kimberly-Clark, Hershey Foods and Huffy Sports.
Orbis Corp. opens Bentonville office