chuckle 
Chuckle 1 (ohuk'l), n. [< rhiickli'i. ,:] If. The 
c.all of a hen to her young; a cluck. 2. A sly 
suppressed laugh, exprewre ol' sat isi'aet inn. 93C- 
ultation, or the like; hence, any similar sound. 
The Jew rubbed his hands with a clmeklr. 
l>irk?n, Oliver TwiM, K. 
993 
II. ". Surly; churlish; ill-tcmpi-rcil. [I'rov. 
chunner 
a block upon which an unliake.l vessel is fitted 
when attached to the lathe to he turned. See 
IhruirH-iriiri; iitnler /mlli ri/. 
nm), . [Appar. a native Saraoyed 
, tent ; a dwellil 
Ding. 
\\'ith iiii'1'nlioii.i <7/ 
(It hrr lurn voice. 
A', ill*, Isabella anil the I'ot iif Basil, st. -'. 
chuckle'-' (I'huk'l), r. /. ; pret. and pp. 
]>]>!. cliii<-/clii/ii. | I'Ycq. of chuck'*, i: } To chuck 
under the chin ; fondle. 
Vimr cuntVstinr, . . . he must <//<//,/, \MII. 
Dri/ilfii, Spanish Knur. 
chuckle 1 ' (chuk'l), r. i. ; prct. and pp. cliui-l.lnl. 
ppr. chuckling, [ Appar. frcij. of c/i<7.' :l , clmrl,--. 
in sense of 'shake.'] To rock upon its center 
while rotating, as the runner of a grinding-mill. 
chuckle-head (diuk'1-hed), . A large or thick 
head; hence, a dunce; a numskull. [Colloq.] 
Is nut he iinifli handsomer, and better linitt, than tliat 
great fhiiekle-heinl f Kmtillrlt, Roderick Random, ill. 
chuckle-headed (ohuk'l-hcd'ed), a. [Appar. 
< chuck*, a block.] Having a chuckle-head; 
thick-headed; stupid. [Colloq.] 
That's rather a ehuckle-heaitnl felluw for the girl, isn't 
he? JJi'eki-iin, David Cnpperllcld, \\i. 
chuckler (chuk'ler), n. [Anglo-Ind., also nln-1.-- 
liar, repr. Tamil and Malayalam xliiikkili, uliul;- 
kilii/<in, also pron. chakkiU.] In India, a mem- 
ber of a very low caste of tanners or cobblers; 
colloquially, a shoemaker. 
A large numl>er of Portuguese descendants work at the 
triide, and many chui'ktfrx from India. 
U. S. Cans. Rep., No. lix. (1885), p. 620. 
chuckore (clink' or), . [Anglo-Ind., repr. Hind. 
chakor.] Same as chickore. 
chuck- will' 8- Widow (chuk'wilz-wid'o), n. [A 
fanciful imitation of the bird's cry.] The 
great goatsucker of Carolina, Antrostomus ca- 
rolinensis, a fissirostral caprimulgine bird, with 
short rounded wings, long rounded tail, small 
feet and bill, the latter garnished with long 
rictal bristles giving off lateral filaments, and 
dark, much variegated coloration. It resembles 
the whippoorwill anil belongs to the same genus, but is 
much larger (ahont 12 inches long and 2 feet in extent of 
winy:s) and otherwise quite distinct. See out under An- 
tnwtomuit. 
chudt (chud), v. t. [Origin obscure. Cf. cud 
and chew.] To champ; bite. Stafford. 
chudda, chuddah (ehud'a), n. Same as chudder. 
chudder (chud'er), n. [Anglo-Ind., also chud- 
da, chuddiih; < Hind, cttddar, in popular speech 
chaddar, a sheet, table-cloth, coverlet, mantle, 
cloak, shawl, < Pers. chddar, a sheet, a pavil- 
ion.] 1. In India, a square piece of cloth of 
any kind; especially, the ample sheet common- 
ly worn as a mantle by women in Bengal ; also, 
the cloth spread over a Mohammedan tomb. 
Yule and Burnell. 2. The name given in Eu- 
rope to the plain shawls of Cashmere and other 
parts of India, made originally at Rampoor, of 
Tibetan wool, of uniform color, without pattern 
except a stripe slightly marked by alternate 
twilling, and, if embroidered, having the em- 
broidery of the same color as the ground. They 
are made white, fawn-colored, of an Oriental 
red, and of other colors. See rampoor. 3. The 
material of which these shawls are made. 
Chudi (chO'di), n. [Also spelled Tchttdi, Tschu- 
di, and Anglicized Tchood, repr. Buss. Chudi.] 
A name applied by the Russians to the Finnic 
races in the northwest of Russia, it has now 
acquired a more general application, and is used to desig- 
nate the group of peoples of which the Finns, the Estho- 
nians, the Livonians, and the Laplanders are members. 
Chudic (cho'dik), a. [Also spelled Tchudic, 
Tschudic; < Chudi + -ic. Cf. Russ. Chudskil, 
adj.] Of or pertaining to the Chudi; specifi- 
cally, designating that group of tongues spoken 
by the Finns, Esthonians, Livonians, and Lap- 
landers. 
chuett (cho"et), n. See chcweft. 
chufa (cho'fS,), . [Sp.] A species of sedge, 
Cyperus esculcntus, the tuberous roots of which 
are used as a vegetable in the south of Europe. 
chuff 1 (chuf), H. and a. [< ME. chuffe, choffe, a 
boor; origin unknown; cf. chub, 2.] I.t n. A 
coarse, heavy, dull fellow; a surly or churlish 
person ; an avaricious old fellow. 
No, ye fat chufn. I would your store were here ! 
Shak., 1 Hen. IV., ii. i 
A wretched hob-nailed chuff, whose recreation is read- 
ing of almanacks. 
B. Jonson, Pref. to Every Mail out of his Humour. 
If Anthony be so wealthy a rAii/as report speaks him, 
he may prove the philosopher's stone to me. 
Scott, Kenilworth, I. HI. 
63 
Eng.l 
Chuff-t (chuf), H. |('f. rlnili, rliiilili/i, mill I'liiicl,-*'. } 
.\ cheek, t'otgnin-. chum 4 ('-1111111), 
chuff -t (chuf), '<i. [Cf. i-li n ff- , n.. mill rliiililii/.] name.] A i 
ChulTv; plump. Holland, In April, I ". the Sumnycde Unmet/. endued i In i-hmd 
Chuffert S-uile -is chuffl INovaia /clnlial to the south-east coast and found Sanio- 
chuffily''hnt"i-lii. ado. In a clmlTy manner; >"'' 
rudely; surlily; clownishly. chumar (chu-mar'), n. Bee<*MMr*. 
John uuwend cAttJUy /,w,,',,,/. .../<, Clarissa Marl.. e. chummage (chum'aj), H. [< C/IMM;' + -</</'.! A 
Chuffiness 1 (ehnf'l DM I, . [< chuff,^ + -<,. ) ''harge for that which one has in common with 
Surliness: churlishness ; boorishness. 
In nttaof the stolfntttot UltpttumHaA ehnrli,h- . Ttowpflir chummage it twi^and^lxjjence. Will ; 
I hi -peeeh. l/'.vv /:''/'/' "'" '' 
take three bob? 
--. 
Dickens, Pickwick, II. xiv. 
Hi. I r'at, plump, or round, especially ... ~ , - ^ 
cheeks; chubby, cmifry brick, a brick which is Piece of wood. 2. A stupid fellow. 
pntivd out by the escape of rarelled air or steam in the chump-end (chump'end), n. In cmiKfri/, the 
process of burning. thicker end of a loin of veal or mutton ; hence, 
chug (chug), ii. [Sc.] A short sudden tug or 
pull. 
chug (chug), v. i. 
pret. and pp. chugged, jypr. 
[<.chug,n.] 
any thick end. 
Kiddy . . . distributed three defaced llililcs (shaped as 
. . . 
Mif they had been unskilfully cut off the ehumjhmd of 
ng something). Dickens, Great Expectations, x. 
chugging. 
them through holes cut in the ice. chumpisht (chum'pish), a. [< chump + -tsft 1 . 
chugger (chug'er), . One who practises chug- of. blockish.] Boorish; sullen; rough. 
K 1U K- With chumpish looks, hard words, and secret nips, 
chugging (chug'mg), n. [Verbal n. of chug, r.] sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, p. 391. 
The practice or art of taking fish by gaffing cnumship (chum'ship), n. [< c/.i/ro 1 + -ship.] 
them through holes cut in the ice. Tho stato of bei a ehum or of OCC upying the 
Chulan (cho'lan), . [Chinese, < chu. pearl, same chambers with another; close intimacy. 
pearly, + Ian, a name given to orcnideous j )f puire [Rare ] 
plants like Epidendrum, etc., and to other gay cnun ^ m (ch8-nam')'. 
.,-., ,1 fn,\ ,...i 11 1- -fl j-mr/-ia rrt*r\\\rntir f\rt Q OTrnrlft t u '' ; 
and fragrant flowers growing on a single pe 
duncle or alternately on a spikelet.] A Chi- 
nese plant, the Chloranthus inconspicuus, natural 
order Chloranthaceai, the spikes of the flowers 
of which are used to scent tea. 
chulariose (ch^-la'ri-os), w. Same as fructose. 
C. S. Dispensatory, p. 1256. 
chuller, choller (chul'-, chol'er), n. [Sc.] 1. 
A double chin. 2. pi. The gills of a fish. 
3. pi. The wattles of a domestic fowl. 
chum 1 (chum), n. [Origin unknown. Dr. John- 
son calls it "a term used in the universities"; 
perhaps slang.] 1. One who lodges or resides 
in the same chamber or rooms with another; 
a room-mate : especially applied to college stu- 
dents. 
The students were friends and chum*, a word so nearly 
[Repr. Tamil chunnam 
= Hind, chund, lime, < Skt. ehurna, meal, pow- 
der.] 1. In the East Indies, prepared lime. 
Specifically (a) The lime made from shells or coral and 
chewed with the areca-nut and the betel-leaf. 
Chinam is Lime made of Cockle-shells or Limestone; 
and Pawn is the Leaf of a Tree. 
Omngton, Voyage to Suratt (1689). 
(*) A common name for plaster of quicklime and sand, 
the finest kinds of which are susceptible of a very high 
polish. Whituwrth. 
They {small pagodas] are of brick, covered with chu- 
nam, and are rather effective in the distance, but on 
nearer approach turn out to be squalid enough, though 
massive and strong. W. H. Russell, Diary in India, 1. 198. 
2. A weight for gold in northern India, equal 
to 6 troy grains. 
chunam (chB-nam'), v. t.; pret. and pp. chu- 
[< chunam, n.] To 
. nammcd, ppr. chunamming. 
obsolete, that it may l>e proper, perhaps, to explain it as pl as ter with chunam. 
meR '""u(Ly\T8) r qnotoi 8 in F. Hall's Mod. Eng., p. 120. chundoO, chundoor (chun-do',-dor'), n. ACey- 
I remember a capital discourse pronounced by my chum, lnese dry measure, equal to about a quarter of 
Stetson, on the science of osteology. a pound. Oil , milk, and glue are also sold by it. 
Josiah Quincy, >'igures,of the Past, p. 44. Chunga (chung'ga), 11. [NL., from a native 
Hence 2. An intimate companion; a crony, name.] A genus of birds, of the family Cari- 
amidce, of which Burmeister's cariama, Chunga 
biirmeisteri, is the type. 
chunk 1 (chungk), n. [Prop, a dial. word, a vari- 
ation of chump or chub, appar. through influ- 
ence of hunk, huncli.] 1. A short thick piece, 
as of wood. 2. A person or a beast that is 
small, but thick-set and strong: as, a chunk of 
a boy; a chunk of a horse. [Colloq., U. S.] 
I rode au all-fired smart chunk of a pony. 
New York Spirit of the Times. 
For sale, 4 Morgan chunks. Boston Herald, Aug. 12, 1887. 
[He] was wont to spend an hour or two in the evenings 
among them and such of their chums as used to drop into 
the shop. The American, XII. 175. 
chum 1 (chum), t'. ; pret. and pp. chummed, ppr. 
chumming. [< e/iwiw 1 , .] I. intrans. To oc- 
cupy the same room or chambers with another ; 
be the chum of some one. 
Wits forced to chum, with common sense. Churchill. 
II. trans. 1. To put into the same room or 
rooms with another ; put into common quarters. 
You'll be chummed on somebody to-morrow, and then 
you'll be all snug and comfortable. chunk 2 chunks (chungk, chung'ke), n. [Also 
Dickens, Pickwick, II. xii. c t iu , igkfj tschungkec ; Amer. Ind.] A game for- 
2. Formerly, in some English prisons, toreceive, raer iy much played by certain tribes of North 
as a new inmate, by a rough ceremony of initia- American Indians, consisting in rolling a disk 
tion, beating him with staves, etc., and making o f s tone along a prepared course, and immedi- 
him pay an entrance-fee, the whole being ac- ate j y afterward throwing a stick so as to make 
companied by masquerading and music : some- - 
times used with up. 
Mr. Weale, the Poor-Law Commissioner, . . . they were 
going to chum him up, but he paid the half-crown? No; 
I don't think they would have chummed him. 
Brand's Po}>. Antiq. (Bonn Antiq. Lib.), 1849, II. 452. 
chum 2 (chum), n. [Origin obscure.] A bait, 
consisting usually of pieces of some oily fish, 
as the menhaden, commonly employed in the 
it lie as near the stone as possible when the 
two come to rest. The grounds used for this 
amusement are known as chunk-yards. 
It has been supposed, and apparently with very good 
reason, that these areas were chiefly devoted to the prac- 
tice of this favorite game, and that instead of calling them 
cAuiut-yards, we ought properly to denominate them 
rhungke-y&rds. 
C. C. Jones, Antiq. of Southern Indians, p. 345. 
capture of bluefish. it is used for baiting the hooks, chunkhead (chungk ' hed), n. [< chunk^ + 
and is also thrown into the water In large quantities to head.] A local name of the copperhead snake. 
[U. S.] 
ipp.c7iMiicrf,ppr. ch^iiiky (ohung'ki), a. [< cAwwfrl + 
chum, proportionately thick or stout; appearing like 
attract the flsh. [U. 8.) 
[< eftMllA' 1 + -y 1 .] 
ir stout; appearin 
a chunk: as, & chunky boy or horse. [U. S.] 
i-lniiiitiiing. 
[U. S.] 
Chinniniii'i is much more sport, the fish then being cap- 
tured with rod and reel, from a boat at anchor in a tide 
way or channel. The hook is baited with a large piece of 
menhaden, and particles of the same are chopped up by 
the boatmen and thrown over to entice the school to tin- 
place. Forest and Stream, XIX. MB. chunk-yard (chungk'yard), n. A place where 
chum 3 (chum), n. [Cf. chump, chunk, chuck* ; the game of chunk is played. See chunk'*. 
the sense agrees with chuck*, 5.] In ceram., chunner (chun'er), t'. '. u " -** 
They found the Ominaks with their chief in company, a 
short chunky fellow, who proffered the accustomed hos- 
pitalities of his tent in true knightly style. 
Kane, Sec. Orlnn. Exp., II. 124. 
See chunter. 
