"chuffle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃʌf(ə)l/ Forms: chuffles [plural]
Etymology: Onomatopoeic, but compare chuff (the sound of the exhaust of a steam engine) and -le (verbal suffix conveying frequentativity). Head templates: {{en-noun}} chuffle (plural chuffles)
  1. An uninterrupted sounding of prusten. Categories (topical): Animal sounds
    Sense id: en-chuffle-en-noun-OjsOBlc4 Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 45 55 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 46 54

Verb

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃʌf(ə)l/ Forms: chuffles [present, singular, third-person], chuffling [participle, present], chuffled [participle, past], chuffled [past]
Etymology: Onomatopoeic, but compare chuff (the sound of the exhaust of a steam engine) and -le (verbal suffix conveying frequentativity). Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Animal sounds
    Sense id: en-chuffle-en-verb-JWrFR1Z4 Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 45 55 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English onomatopoeias, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 44 56 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 58

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Onomatopoeic, but compare chuff (the sound of the exhaust of a steam engine) and -le (verbal suffix conveying frequentativity).",
  "forms": [
    {
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    },
    {
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    {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "_dis": "45 55",
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        "To produce prusten."
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        "(intransitive, of a tiger or snow leopard) To produce prusten."
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃʌf(ə)l/"
    }
  ],
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            "Energy",
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            "Nature",
            "Fundamental"
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      ],
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃʌf(ə)l/"
    }
  ],
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    "English lemmas",
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    "English onomatopoeias",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chuffling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chuffled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chuffled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
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        "To produce prusten."
      ],
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          "prusten",
          "prusten#English"
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        "(intransitive, of a tiger or snow leopard) To produce prusten."
      ],
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      ],
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        "intransitive"
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃʌf(ə)l/"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "English onomatopoeias",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "en:Animal sounds"
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  "lang": "English",
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "An uninterrupted sounding of prusten."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃʌf(ə)l/"
    }
  ],
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}

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