chuckle.
A quiet laugh.
Meaning & usage
A quiet laugh.
Where this word comes from
From chuck (“laugh”) + -le.
To laugh quietly or inwardly.
To communicate through chuckling.
She chuckled her assent to my offer as she got in the car.
To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.
To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck.
To fondle; to indulge or pamper.
Where this word comes from
From chuck (“laugh”) + -le.
Clumsy.
Where this word comes from
Perhaps from chock (“a log”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.