chuffle

[ chuhf-uhl ]

verb (used without object),chuf·fled, chuf·fling.
  1. (of the larger species of cats) to make a low snuffling sound analogous to the purring of smaller cat species, often as a greeting.

noun
  1. such a sound.

Origin of chuffle

1
Imitative; cf. chuff3, -le

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