chuckle
verb
- chuckle
- mode of speaking
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃʌkəl/
adj
Etymology: Perhaps from chock (“a log”).
- Clumsy.
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English chuck English -le English chuckle From chuck (“laugh”) + -le.
- A quiet laugh.
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree English chuck English -le English chuckle From chuck (“laugh”) + -le.
- To laugh quietly or inwardly.
- To communicate through chuckling.
“She chuckled her assent to my offer as she got in the car.”
- To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.
- To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck.
“if these Birds are within distance, here's that will chuckle 'em together”
- To fondle; to indulge or pamper.