chuckle

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃʌkəl/ Rhymes: -ʌkəl === Etymology 1 === From chuck (“laugh”) + -le. ==== Noun ==== chuckle (plural chuckles) A quiet laugh. Synonyms: chortle, giggle, snigger, titter; see also Thesaurus:laugh ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== chuckle (third-person singular simple present chuckles, present participle chuckling, simple past and past participle chuckled) To laugh quietly or inwardly. (transitive) To communicate through chuckling. (intransitive, archaic) To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck. (transitive, archaic) To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck. (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 ===== ==== Derived terms ==== === Etymology 2 === Perhaps from chock (“a log”). ==== Adjective ==== chuckle (comparative more chuckle, superlative most chuckle) (obsolete) Clumsy. ===== Derived terms ===== chucklehead