Home › Words › H › hufflepuffhufflepuff/ˈhʌfəlˌpʌf/hufflepuff · noun — A person having traits associated with Hufflepuff house from the Harry Potter series, including patience, justice, and loyalty or an affinity for badgers or the colours yellow and black.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).hufflepuff is pronounced /ˈhʌfəlˌpʌf/.EtymologyCoined by British author and philanthropist J. K. Rowling, presumably from huff + -le + puff.nounA person having traits associated with Hufflepuff house from the Harry Potter series, including patience, justice, and loyalty or an affinity for badgers or the colours yellow and black.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).