chuffle

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chuffle

/ˈt͡ʃʌf(ə)l/

Where it comes from

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

verb chuffles · chuffling · chuffled

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

noun chuffles

An uninterrupted sounding of prusten.

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"chuffle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chuffle. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{chuffle_2026,
  title = {chuffle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chuffle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}