huffy

adj 1: quick to take offense [syn: {thin-skinned}, {touchy}]

2: (informal) roused to anger; "stayed huffy a good while"-

Mark Twain; "she gets mad when you wake her up so early";

"mad at his friend"; "sore over a remark" [syn: {mad}, {sore}]

huff

To compress data using a {Huffman} code. Various programs

that use such methods have been called "HUFF" or some variant

thereof.

Opposite: {puff}. Compare {crunch}, {compress}.

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(1994-12-23)