huff

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
huff/hʌf/

▶verb

• 1 (often huff and puff) blow out air noisily.

• 2 show annoyance in an obvious way.

• 3 N. Amer. informal sniff fumes from (petrol or solvents) for a euphoric effect.

• 4 (in draughts) remove (an opponent's piece that could have made a capture) from the board as a forfeit.

  ■ [from the former practice of blowing on the piece.]

▶noun a fit of petty annoyance.

– derivatives
huffer noun,
huffish adjective.

– origin C16: imitative of the sound of blowing.