chuckle

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈt͡ʃʌkəl/

Noun

chuckle (plural chuckles)

1. A quiet laugh.

Synonyms

• chortle
• giggle
• snigger
• titter

Translations

• French: ricanerie
• German: Kichern
• Russian: хихи́канье

Verb

chuckle (chuckles, present participle chuckling; past and past participle chuckled)

1. To laugh quietly or inwardly.
2. (transitive) To communicate through chuckling.

   She chuckled her assent to my offer as she got in the car.

3. (intransitive, archaic) To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.
4. (transitive, archaic) To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck.
5. (transitive, archaic) To fondle; to indulge or pamper.

Synonyms

• (to laugh quietly) see also Thesaurus:laugh
• (to fondle) grope, pet, touch up; see also Thesaurus:fondle
• (to pamper) coddle, posset; see also Thesaurus:pamper

Translations

• French: ricaner
• German: kichern
• Portuguese: gracejar
• Russian: хихи́кать
• Spanish: reír entre dientes

Translations

• French: glousser
• Russian: куда́хтать
• Spanish: cocorear

Adjective

chuckle

1. (obsolete) Clumsy.

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