hfff.

interj.  a panicked huff; see also hff hff hff hff, hfffff hfffff.

<Hfff ... Do you see my hair?  I was having a haircut and someone made a bomb threat and I ran like a bugger across town but they haven’t got a free bloody slot until Friday afternoon and I’m meeting someone in two minutes and I need a hat.  —Mil Millington, A Certain Chemistry: A Novel.>

interj.  a snort of derision, as at “the faceless, overworked, understaffed bureaucracy that was responsible for international adoptions proceeding at a snail’s pace while tiny souls languished” (Cindy Champnella, The Waiting Child: How the Faith and Love of One Orphan Saved the Life of Another).


n.  the vocal mimic of a whooshing light saber from Star Wars.

<[The Internet fad dubbed] Star Wars Kid began as a tape 15-year-old Ghyslain Raza made of himself pretending to be a Jedi with a golf ball grabber.  If you haven’t seen it, it sounds like, “Hfff! Unggh! Hff-hff-HFFF!” and looks like a whirlwind of your every comedic fantasy come true.  —Seanbaby, “The 10 Best Internet Fads,” The Wave Magazine.>

hfff hfff fffhph.

n.  the sound of blowing on coals to kindle a flame, as described by D. Steele (Scouter.com).

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