SHUCKLE VERB 1. to chuckle ...1598 obs. 2. to cluck ...1684 obs. 3. to rattle; to chatter ...Bk1884 Eng. dial. 4. to shuffle; to slink along in walking ...Bk1888 Eng. dial. 5. to run fast, to hurry, to bustle about, to make haste ...1933 Amer. dial. ETYMOLOGY for vb. 1 - a by-form of chuckle (vb.) FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1598 - Colleppolarsi d' allegrezza, to shuckle, to chuck or rouze ones selfe to gladnes and mirth From: A Worlde of Wordes, or Most Copious, and Exact Dictionarie in Italian and English, collected by Iohn Florio - John Florio EXAMPLE "...Wherefore, would but my unknown blushing Servant appear, or give me a kind Sign; would but my little Partridge call, methinks I could so shuckle, and run, and Bill, and clap my Wings about her. Hah!..." From: The Atheist, or The Second Part of the Souldiers Fortune - Thomas Otway, 1684
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