chuckle
/ˈt͡ʃʌkəl/
chuckle noun: a quiet laugh.
Noun
chuckle (plural chuckles)
- 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.
- 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.
- if these Birds are within distance, here's that will chuckle 'em together1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number)
- To fondle; to indulge or pamper.
Adjective
chuckle (comparative more chuckle, superlative most chuckle)
chuckle meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
chuckle in Tamil
- to make the sound of chicken
- கொக்கரி kokkari
chuckle in Urdu
- دبی دبی ہنسی, بغلیں بجانا, بےساختہ ہنسنا
chuckle in Bengali
- হেসে ওঠা, মুচকি হাসা
chuckle in Malayalam
- അടക്കിപ്പിടിച്ചു ചിരിക്കുക, അമർത്തിച്ചിരി
More languagesFewer languages
- chuckle in Kannada
- ಮೆಲುನಗೆ, ಮುಸಿನಗು, ಸದ್ದಿಲ್ಲದೆ ನಗು, ಬಾಯಿಮುಚ್ಚಿ ನಗು
- chuckle in Arabic
- إِهْلَاس ʔihlās
- chuckle in Vietnamese
- cười khúc khích
Examples of chuckle in a sentence
- As a past fruit ninja champion, I have to admit im chuckling a lil.
- When Chintoo asked for encores, she chuckled like a VVIP who’d come prepared for her fans.
- “There was a time when the homosexual demanded marriage,” he added with an exasperated chuckle.
Synonyms of chuckle
Forms of chuckle
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | chuckles |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | chuckles |
| present participle | chuckling |
| past participle | chuckled |
| past | chuckled |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more chuckle |
| superlative | most chuckle |
Origin of chuckle
From chuck (“laugh”) + -le.
Perhaps from chock (“a log”).
Words formed from chuckle
Phrases with chuckle
Words that rhyme with chuckle
Questions about chuckle
- What does chuckle mean?
- Chuckle means a quiet laugh.
- What is chuckle in Tamil?
- Chuckle in Tamil is கொக்கரி (kokkari). See Chuckle meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is chuckle?
- Chuckle can be a noun, a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce chuckle?
- Chuckle is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃʌkəl/.
- What is the plural of chuckle?
- The plural of chuckle is chuckles.
Words near chuckle in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chuckle (page history and authors); chuckle (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chuckle (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chuckle (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chuckle (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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