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chuckle
[ chuhk-uhl ]
verb (used without object)
chuckled, chuckling.
- to laugh softly or amusedly, usually with satisfaction:
They chuckled at the child's efforts to walk.
- to laugh to oneself:
to chuckle while reading.
- Obsolete. to cluck, as a fowl.
noun
- a soft laugh, usually of satisfaction.
- Obsolete. the cluck of a hen.
chuckle
/ ˈʃʌə /
verb
- to laugh softly or to oneself
- (of animals, esp hens) to make a clucking sound
noun
- a partly suppressed laugh
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Derived Forms
- ˈܳԲ, adverb
- ˈܳ, noun
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Other Word Forms
- ܳl noun
- ܳlԲ· adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chuckle1
C16: probably from chuck ³
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Synonym Study
See laugh.
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Example Sentences
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I got so many chuckles out of it and could really put myself in your shoes, and that’s something that's difficult to do when you’re writing, so you really achieved that.
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He chuckled at the disbelief of how things have worked out.
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“One year’s like dog years to me in coaching,” he said, chuckling, “That’s a long way away.”
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"I will answer like a good priest," he told me chuckling, when asked for his prediction.
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“We had an 11 a.m. game … and everyone is walking in all dragging,” Phillips chuckled.
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