Chuc"kle, n. A short, suppressed laugh; the expression of satisfaction, exultation, or derision.
Chuc"kle, v. i. [From 1st Chuck.] To laugh in a suppressed or broken manner, as expressing inward satisfaction, exultation, or derision.
Chuc"kle*head` (?), n. A person with a large head; a numskull; a dunce. [Low] Knowles.
Chuc"kle*head`ed, a. Having a large head; thickheaded; dull; stupid. Smart.
Chuck`-Will's-wid"ow (?), n. (Zool.) A species of goatsucker (Antrostomus Carolinensis), of the southern United States; -- so called from its note.
Chud (?), v. t. [Cf. Chew, Cud.] To champ; to bite. [Obs.] A. Stafford.
Chu"et (?), n. [From Chew, v. t.] Minced meat. [Obs.] Bacon.
||Chu"fa (?), n. [Sp.] (Bot.) A sedgelike plant (Cyperus esculentus) producing edible tubers, native about the Mediterranean, now cultivated in many regions; the earth almond.
Chuff (?), n. [Perh. a modification of chub: cf. W. cyff stock, stump.] A coarse or stupid fellow. Shak.
Chuff, a. Stupid; churlish. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
Chuff"i*ly (?), adv. Clownishly; surlily.
Chuff"i*ness, n. The quality of being chuffy.
Chuff"y (?), a. 1. Fat or puffed out in the cheeks.