chuckle
/ˈt͡ʃʌkəl/noun, verb2 syllables
Chuckle means: laugh quietly or with restraint.
Synonyms for chuckle8
noun, as in a soft partly suppressed laugh
chortle
verb, as in laugh quietly or with restraint
chortle, laugh softly
also used for chuckle
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What does chuckle mean?2
verb
1
laugh quietly or with restraint
noun
1
a soft partly suppressed laugh
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with chuckle?2
two syllables
buckleknuckle
Show 40 near rhymes
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Chuckle in a sentence
- Share a funny story with me to make me chuckle.anzart
- He snorts and chuckles at the sound of his own joke.francaisr0wlet
- He chuckles greatly when he listens to my funny stories.anzart
- Bruce chuckled to himself as he read the letter.CP
- He chuckled to himself as he read his letter.CH
- She chuckled to herself as she read his letter.CH
- He chuckled with a grin and scratched his belly.AlanF_US
- Ziri talked about his hobby, which made Rima chuckle.Amastan
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Forms of chuckle
as a noun
- plural
- chuckles
as a verb
- past tense
- chuckled
- present participle
- chuckling
- third-person singular
- chuckles
- past participle
- chuckled