chuckle
[ chuhk-uh l ]
/ ˈtʃʌk əl /
verb (used without object), chuck·led, chuck·ling.
to laugh softly or amusedly, usually with satisfaction: They chuckled at the child's efforts to walk.
to laugh to oneself: to chuckle while reading.
Obsolete.
to cluck, as a fowl.
noun
a soft laugh, usually of satisfaction.
Obsolete.
the cluck of a hen.
OTHER WORDS FROM chuckle
chuck·ler, noun chuck·ling·ly, adverbWords nearby chuckle
chuckchi,
chucker,
chucker-out,
chuckhole,
chuckie,
chuckle,
chucklehead,
chuckwalla,
chucky,
chuddar,
chuddies
Example sentences from the Web for chuckled
British Dictionary definitions for chuckled
chuckle
/ (ˈtʃʌkəl) /
verb (intr)
to laugh softly or to oneself
(of animals, esp hens) to make a clucking sound
noun
a partly suppressed laugh
Derived forms of chuckle
chuckler, noun chucklingly, adverbWord Origin for chuckle
C16: probably from
chuck ³