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Webster 1913 Edition


Chuckle

Chuc′kle

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Chuckled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Chuckling
.]
[From 1st
Chuck
.]
1.
To call, as a hen her chickens; to cluck.
[Obs.]
Dryden.
2.
To fondle; to cocker.
[Obs.]
Dryden.

Chuc′kle

,
Noun.
A short, suppressed laugh; the expression of satisfaction, exultation, or derision.

Chuc′kle

,
Verb.
I.
[From 1st
Chuck
.]
To laugh in a suppressed or broken manner, as expressing inward satisfaction, exultation, or derision.

Webster 1828 Edition


Chuckle

CHUCKLE

, v.t.
1.
To call, as a hen her chickens.
2.
To fondle; to cocker.

CHUCKLE

,
Verb.
I.
To laugh heartily, or convulsively; to shake with laughter, or to burst into fits of laughter.

Definition 2024


chuckle

chuckle

English

Noun

chuckle (plural chuckles)

  1. A quiet laugh.

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Verb

chuckle (third-person singular simple present chuckles, present participle chuckling, simple past and past participle chuckled)

  1. To laugh quietly or inwardly.
  2. (transitive) To communicate through chuckling.
    She chuckled her assent to my offer as she got in the car.
  3. (intransitive, archaic) To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.
  4. (transitive, archaic) To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
  5. (transitive, archaic) To fondle; to indulge or pamper.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:laugh

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