English Explanatory Dictionary

chuckle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A quiet laugh.
verb
  1. To laugh quietly or inwardly.
  2. To communicate through chuckling.
  3. To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.
  4. To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck.
  5. To fondle; to indulge or pamper.
adj
  1. Clumsy.

Pronunciation

/ˈt͡ʃʌkəl/

Word forms

chuckle chuckles chuckling chuckled more chuckle most chuckle

Etymology

From chuck (“laugh”) + -le.

Synonyms

chortle giggle snigger titter pet touch up posset grope coddle

Derived words

chucklebutt chucklefuck chuckleheaded chuckler chucklesome chuckleworthy chucklingly chucklehead
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