About The Word Chuckle

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Chuckle

Chuckle Meaning & Definition
Chuckle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Chuckle?

[n] a soft partly suppressed laugh
[v] laugh quietly or with restraint

Synonyms | Synonyms for Chuckle: chortle | chortle | laugh softly

Related Terms | Find terms related to Chuckle: be in stitches | belly laugh | boff | boffola | break up | burst into laughter | burst of laughter | burst out | burst out laughing | burst with laughter | bust a gut | cachinnate | cachinnation | cackle | chortle | convulsion | crow | crowing | fit of laughter | gales of laughter | giggle | go into convulsions | guffaw | ha-ha | hearty laugh | hee-haw | hee-hee | hilarity | ho-ho | Homeric laughter | horselaugh | laugh | laugh it up | laugh outright | laughing | laughter | nearly die laughing | outburst of laughter | peal of laughter | risibility | roar | roar of laughter | roar with laughter | shake like jelly | shake with laughter | shout | shout of laughter | shriek | snicker | snigger | sniggering | sniggle | snort | split | split with laughter | tee-hee | titter | yuck | yuk-yuk

See Also | express joy | express mirth | laugh | laugh | laughter

Chuckle In Webster's Dictionary

\Chuc"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chuckled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chuckling}.] [From lst {Chuck}.] 1. To call, as a hen her chickens; to cluck. [Obs.] --Dryden. 2. To fondle; to cocker. [Obs.] --Dryden.
\Chuc"kle\, n. A short, suppressed laugh; the expression of satisfaction, exultation, or derision.
\Chuc"kle\, v. i. [From lst {Chuck}.] To laugh in a suppressed or broken manner, as expressing inward satisfaction, exultation, or derision.

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