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chuckle

Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃʌkəl/

The English word “chuckle” has 7 meanings listed here.

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.

adjective

  1. Clumsy.

Etymology

From chuck (“laugh”) + -le.

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