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[ chuhk-uhl ] / ˈtʃʌk əl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR chuckle ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used without object), chuck·led, chuck·ling.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. nouna soft laugh, usually of satisfaction. Obsolete. the cluck of a hen. Origin of chuckleFirst recorded in 1590–1600; chuck3 + -le synonym study for chuckle4. See laugh. OTHER WORDS FROM chucklechuckler, nounchuck·ling·ly, adverbWords nearby chucklechucker-out, chuck-full, chuckhole, chuckie, chuck in, chuckle, chucklehead, chuck off, chuck out, chuck wagon, chuckwalla Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for chuckle“I have no idea how many of them have had military training before,” he tells me later with a chuckle. Should the U.S. Arm Ukraine’s Militias?|Jamie Dettmer|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST “We need to call it something else,” Mitchell offered with a chuckle. At This Creepy Libertarian Charter School, Kids Must Swear ‘to Be Obedient to Those in Authority’|ProPublica|October 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST “During the test, we tried all the dances and I nailed none of them,” says Boseman with a chuckle. ‘Get On Up’ Star Chadwick Boseman on Becoming James Brown—With A Little Help From Mick Jagger|Marlow Stern|August 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST A group of local teens in the small town got a chuckle out of the “rich kid” driving a “funny ass car.” Tennessee Not Impressed By Bonnaroo|Daniel G. Hill|June 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Before you chuckle, the city is famous for its bagels…think crispy and almost scooped out. The Foodie Capital of Canada|Michele Willens|May 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST "You named the boat after somebody," continued Stumpy, with something like a chuckle in his tones. The Coming Wave|Oliver Optic Only the commanding officer leaned out of his window to chuckle at me. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines|Mary H. (Mary Helen) Fee I wonder if he will chuckle or laugh at my suggestion, or will he grin or roar? The Last Shot|Frederick Palmer This deposition flatly contradicted the one which Cope had put with a chuckle into his pocket. Back o' the Moon|Oliver Onions He thought he heard a chuckle—he was certainly pushed far into the court. A Girl of the People|L. T. Meade
British Dictionary definitions for chuckle
verb (intr)to laugh softly or to oneself (of animals, esp hens) to make a clucking sound nouna partly suppressed laugh Derived forms of chucklechuckler, nounchucklingly, adverbWord Origin for chuckleC16: probably from chuck ³ Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to chucklesnicker, smile, chortle, laugh, cackle, guffaw, crow, snigger, titter, exult, sniggle, teehee |