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Countryman vs Chuff - What's the difference?

countryman | chuff |

As nouns the difference between countryman and chuff

is that countryman is somebody from a certain country while chuff is a coarse or stupid fellow or chuff can be (scriptwriting|uncountable) superfluous small talk that is free of conflict, offers no character development, description or insight, and does not advance the story or plot or chuff can be the vagina.

As an adjective chuff is

(british) surly or chuff can be (british) pleased.

As a verb chuff is

(slang) to purposefully fail a standardized test in a conspicuous way or chuff can be to make noisy puffing sounds, as of a steam locomotive.

countryman

English

Noun

(countrymen)
  • Somebody from a certain country.
  • Somebody from one's own country.
  • country dweller, especially a follower of country pursuits
  • (Irish, traveller) a settled person, as opposed to a traveller

    • chuff

    English

    Etymology 1

    15th century, dialectical, in noun sense “stupid fellow”. Adjective sense “surly, displeased” from 1832.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (British) Surly.
  • (UK, dialect) stupid; churlish
    • (Wright)
    Synonyms
    * (surly) chuffy * (swollen) chuffy

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A coarse or stupid fellow.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (slang) To purposefully fail a standardized test in a conspicuous way.

    • Etymology 2

    Onomatopoeic. English onomatopoeias Compare chug and puff.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make noisy puffing sounds, as of a steam locomotive.
  • * 1912 , Katherine Mansfield, "The Woman At The Store", Selected Short Stories
    • The horses stumbled along, coughing and chuffing .
  • * 1928 , D. H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover
    • ... and the small lit up train that chuffed past in the cutting made it seem like real night.
  • * 1990 , John Updike, Rabbit at Rest
    • The pigeons chuff and chortle off in indignant disappointment.
  • (British, informal) To break wind.

    • Noun

    (-)
  • (scriptwriting, uncountable) Superfluous small talk that is free of conflict, offers no character development, description or insight, and does not advance the story or plot.

    • Etymology 3

    1520s, in sense “swollen with fat”; circa 1860, British dialect, in sense “pleased”. Possibly related to “coarse, stupid, fat-headed” sense.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (British) Pleased.
  • (obsolete) Swollen with fat.
  • Swollen.
    • Derived terms
    * (pleased) chuffed

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The vagina.

    • References

    * “ chuff]” at [http://septicscompanion.com The Septic’s Companion: A British Slang Dictionary