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chuckle
[ chuhk-uhl ]
verb (used without object)
chuckled, chuckling.
- 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.
noun
- a soft laugh, usually of satisfaction.
- Obsolete. the cluck of a hen.
chuckle
/ ˈ³Ùʃʌ°ìÉ™±ô /
verb
- to laugh softly or to oneself
- (of animals, esp hens) to make a clucking sound
noun
- a partly suppressed laugh
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Derived Forms
- ˈ³¦³ó³Ü³¦°ì±ô¾±²Ô²µ±ô²â, adverb
- ˈ³¦³ó³Ü³¦°ì±ô±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³¦³ó³Ü³¦°ìl±ð°ù noun
- ³¦³ó³Ü³¦°ìl¾±²Ô²µÂ·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of chuckle1
C16: probably from chuck ³
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Synonym Study
See laugh.
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Example Sentences
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Amid the ensuing gore, played for cheap chuckles, Ridley is splashed with the unicorn’s purple blood, which clears up her acne and gives Elliot perfect eyesight.
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The Texas native, in town for some meetings, chuckled at the dull weather as he reflected on his days with Selena spent in Southern California.
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Martin winced and chuckled, but said nothing, which was the basic principle of his entire performance.
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"I get victimised by it, so to speak, but that's life," he chuckles.
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She chuckled over the phone: “It doesn’t work that way.â€
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