[f. CHUCK v.1 + -ING1.] The clucking noise of certain fowls, esp. the common hen. Also, chuckling (obs.).
1598. Florio, Gongolatione, a hartie laughing or chucking.
1611. Cotgr., Cabab, the chucking, churring, or jouking of a Partridge.
1868. Timbs, Eccentr. Anim. Creation, 205. Its imitation of the chucking and cackling of a hen.
