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- [chuhk-uh l]
- /ˈtʃʌk əl/
- /ˈtʃʌk.l̩/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [chuhk-uh l]
- /ˈtʃʌk əl/
Definitions of chuckle word
- verb chuckle When you chuckle, you laugh quietly. 3
- verb chuckle Chuckle is also a noun. 3
- verb chuckle to laugh softly or to oneself 3
- verb chuckle (of animals, esp hens) to make a clucking sound 3
- noun chuckle a partly suppressed laugh 3
- intransitive verb chuckle to laugh softly in a low tone, as in mild amusement 3
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Origin of chuckle
First appearance:
before 1590 One of the 37% oldest English words
First recorded in 1590-1600; chuck3 + -le
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Parts of speech for Chuckle
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
chuckle popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for chuckle
verb chuckle
- snicker — to laugh in a half-suppressed, indecorous or disrespectful manner.
- smile — a pleasant or agreeable appearance, look, or aspect.
- chortle — To chortle means to laugh in a way that shows you are very pleased.
- laugh — to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
- cackle — If someone cackles, they laugh in a loud unpleasant way, often at something bad that happens to someone else.
noun chuckle
- laughter — the action or sound of laughing.
adjective chuckle
- giggler — to laugh in a silly, often high-pitched way, especially with short, repeated gasps and titters, as from juvenile or ill-concealed amusement or nervous embarrassment.
- crackup — a cracking up
- chortler — One who chortles.
- crower — to utter the characteristic cry of a rooster.
- gurgling — to flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current: The water gurgled from the bottle.
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