chuckle
nounverbadjectivecommon in dialogue
- //ˈt͡ʃʌkəl//
A quiet laugh.
noun
- 1
A quiet laugh.
Etymology
From chuck (“laugh”) + -le.
verb
- 1
To laugh quietly or inwardly.
- 2
To communicate through chuckling.
She chuckled her assent to my offer as she got in the car.
- 3
archaicTo make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.
- 4
archaicTo call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck.
if these Birds are within distance, here's that will chuckle 'em together
- 5
archaicTo fondle; to indulge or pamper.
adjective
- 1
obsoleteClumsy.
Etymology
Perhaps from chock (“a log”).
Forms
- plural
- chuckles
- comparative
- more chuckle
- superlative
- most chuckle
- past tense
- chuckled
- past participle
- chuckled
- present participle
- chuckling
- third person singular
- chuckles