chuffle
English
editEtymology
editOnomatopoeic, but compare chuff (the sound of the exhaust of a steam engine) and -le (verbal suffix conveying frequentativity).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editchuffle (third-person singular simple present chuffles, present participle chuffling, simple past and past participle chuffled)
- (intransitive, of a tiger or snow leopard) To produce prusten.
Noun
editchuffle (plural chuffles)
- An uninterrupted sounding of prusten.