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): /ˈt͡ʃʌf(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.