chuckle
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chuckle¹
- /ˈt͡ʃʌkəl/
Rhymes with -ʌkəl
Where it comes from
From chuck (“laugh”) + -le.
noun chuckles
- A quiet laugh.
verb chuckles · chuckling · chuckled
- To laugh quietly or inwardly.
- To communicate through chuckling. She chuckled her assent to my offer as she got in the car.
- To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.
- To 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
- To fondle; to indulge or pamper.
chuckle²
- /ˈt͡ʃʌkəl/
Rhymes with -ʌkəl
Where it comes from
Perhaps from chock (“a log”).
adjective more chuckle · most chuckle
- Clumsy.
