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单词 chuckle
释义 chuck·le
I. \ˈchəkəl\ intransitive verb
chuckled ; chuckled ; chuckling \-k(ə)liŋ\; chuckles
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: probably freq. of chuck (I)
1. : to laugh convulsively (as with marked heaving of the shoulders)
 < this breezy approach … soon had the reader racing along, chuckling — J.M.Chase >
2. : to laugh inwardly or quietly
 < hummed snatches of some vagrant melody and chuckled at some private joke — Harold Sinclair >
3. : to make a continuous gentle sound resembling suppressed mirth (as of a wobbling millstone or a brook over stones)
 < sometimes there were sunny rips where the clear bright water chuckled over gravel — B.A.Williams >
II. noun
(-s)
: a quiet hardly audible laugh (as of satisfaction, appreciation of humor, exultation, or derision) : chuckling
 < the gladsome chuckle of the announcer as he archly nears the commercial — Bergen Evans >
 < a photographer gets a picture that gives a chuckle to thousands of perspiring readers — F.L.Mott >
III. adjective
Etymology: perhaps irregular from chuck (V)
obsolete : clumsy, stupid
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