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Webster 1913 Edition
Chuckle
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.
Definition 2024
chuckle
chuckle
English
Noun
chuckle (plural chuckles)
- A quiet laugh.
Synonyms
Translations
a quiet laugh
Verb
chuckle (third-person singular simple present chuckles, present participle chuckling, simple past and past participle chuckled)
- To laugh quietly or inwardly.
- (transitive) To communicate through chuckling.
- She chuckled her assent to my offer as she got in the car.
- (intransitive, archaic) To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.
- (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?)
- (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
Translations
to laugh quietly or inwardly
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