chuckle
verb/ˈtʃʌkl/
/ˈtʃʌkl/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they chuckle | /ˈtʃʌkl/ /ˈtʃʌkl/ |
| he / she / it chuckles | /ˈtʃʌklz/ /ˈtʃʌklz/ |
| past simple chuckled | /ˈtʃʌkld/ /ˈtʃʌkld/ |
| past participle chuckled | /ˈtʃʌkld/ /ˈtʃʌkld/ |
| -ing form chuckling | /ˈtʃʌklɪŋ/ /ˈtʃʌklɪŋ/ |
- chuckle (at/about something) to laugh quietly
- She chuckled at the memory.
Extra Examples- He chuckled at the thought of the two of them stuck in the snow.
- She chuckled softly to herself as she remembered his astonished look.
- She was still chuckling about the story the next day.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- lightly
- quietly
- slightly
- …
- about
- over
- at
- …
- chuckle to yourself
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘laugh convulsively’): from chuck meaning ‘to cluck’ in late Middle English.Want to learn more?
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