chuckle
nomverbeadjectifcourant dans les dialogues
- //ˈt͡ʃʌkəl//
A quiet laugh.
nom
- 1
A quiet laugh.
Étymologie
From chuck (“laugh”) + -le.
verbe
- 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
archaïqueTo make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.
- 4
archaïqueTo 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
archaïqueTo fondle; to indulge or pamper.
adjectif
- 1
obsolèteClumsy.
Étymologie
Perhaps from chock (“a log”).
Formes
- pluriel
- chuckles
- comparatif
- more chuckle
- superlatif
- most chuckle
- passé
- chuckled
- participe passé
- chuckled
- participe présent
- chuckling
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- chuckles