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chuckle noun /ˈtʃʌkl/ /ˈtʃʌkl/ jump to other results - an act of laughing quietly
- chuckle of something She gave a chuckle of delight.
- chuckle at something We had a good chuckle at that idea.
chuckle verb /ˈtʃʌkl/ /ˈtʃʌkl/ [intransitive] jump to other results - chuckle (at/about something) to laugh quietly
- She chuckled at the memory.
Extra Examples- He chuckled at the thought of the two of them stuck in the snow.
- She chuckled softly to herself as she remembered his astonished look.
- She was still chuckling about the story the next day.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryadverbprepositionphrasesSee full entry Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘laugh convulsively’): from chuck meaning ‘to cluck’ in late Middle English.
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