chuckle
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
chuckle (plural chuckles)
Translations edit
a quiet laugh
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Verb edit
chuckle (third-person singular simple present chuckles, present participle chuckling, simple past and past participle chuckled)
- To laugh quietly or inwardly.
- (transitive) To communicate through chuckling.
- She chuckled her assent to my offer as she got in the car.
- (intransitive, archaic) To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.
- (transitive, archaic) To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck.
- 1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):
- if these Birds are within distance, here's that will chuckle 'em together
- (transitive, archaic) To fondle; to indulge or pamper.
Synonyms edit
- (to laugh quietly): see also Thesaurus:laugh
- (to fondle): grope, pet, touch up; see also Thesaurus:fondle
- (to pamper): coddle, posset; see also Thesaurus:pamper
Translations edit
to laugh quietly or inwardly
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to make the sound of chicken
Etymology 2 edit
Perhaps from chock (“a log”).
Adjective edit
chuckle (comparative more chuckle, superlative most chuckle)