Meaning of CHUCKLE
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- [n] a soft partly suppressed laugh
- [v] laugh quietly or with restraint
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| | Synonyms: | | chortle, chortle, laugh softly |
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| | See Also: | | express joy, express mirth, laugh, laugh, laughter | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Chuc"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chuckled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Chuckling}.] [From lst {Chuck}.]
1. To call, as a hen her chickens; to cluck. [Obs.] --Dryden.
2. To fondle; to cocker. [Obs.] --Dryden.
\Chuc"kle\, n.
A short, suppressed laugh; the expression of satisfaction,
exultation, or derision.
\Chuc"kle\, v. i. [From lst {Chuck}.]
To laugh in a suppressed or broken manner, as expressing
inward satisfaction, exultation, or derision.
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| | Related Terms: | | be in stitches, belly laugh, boff, boffola, break up, burst into laughter, burst of laughter, burst out, burst out laughing, burst with laughter, bust a gut, cachinnate, cachinnation, cackle, chortle, convulsion, crow, crowing, fit of laughter, gales of laughter, giggle, go into convulsions, guffaw, ha-ha, hearty laugh, hee-haw, hee-hee, hilarity, ho-ho, Homeric laughter, horselaugh, laugh, laugh it up, laugh outright, laughing, laughter, nearly die laughing, outburst of laughter, peal of laughter, risibility, roar, roar of laughter, roar with laughter, shake like jelly, shake with laughter, shout, shout of laughter, shriek, snicker, snigger, sniggering, sniggle, snort, split, split with laughter, tee-hee, titter, yuck, yuk-yuk |
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