chuffle

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, but compare chuff (the sound of the exhaust of a steam engine) and -le (verbal suffix conveying frequentativity).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʃʌf(ə)l/

Verb

chuffle (third-person singular simple present chuffles, present participle chuffling, simple past and past participle chuffled)

  1. (intransitive, of a tiger or snow leopard) To produce prusten.

Noun

chuffle (plural chuffles)

  1. An uninterrupted sounding of prusten.
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