chuckle in English dictionary

  • chuckle

    Meanings and definitions of "chuckle"

    • A quiet laugh.
    • To laugh quietly or inwardly.
    • (archaic) Sounds made by chicken.
    • noun
      A quiet laugh.
    • verb
      To laugh quietly or inwardly.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To communicate through chuckling.
    • verb
      (intransitive, archaic)
      To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.
    • verb
      (transitive, archaic)
      To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck.
    • verb
      (transitive, archaic)
      To fondle; to indulge or pamper.
    • a quiet laugh
    • laugh quietly or inwardly
    • sounds made by chicken
    • noun
      a soft partly suppressed laugh
    • verb
      laugh quietly or with restraint

    Synonyms of "chuckle" in English dictionary

    laugh, laughter, laugh softly are the top synonyms of "chuckle" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of chuckle

    • chuckle ( third-person singular simple present chuckles, present participle chuckling, simple past and past participle chuckled)
    • chuckle ( plural  chuckles)
    • chuckle (plural chuckles)
    • chuckle (third-person singular simple present chuckles, present participle chuckling, simple past and past participle chuckled)
  • Chuckle

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