chuckle

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So Peter and Lucy had tea alone together, and Thomas lay in his crib and looked at them, and Algernon snored on Lucy's knee, and the November fog shut out the outer world like a blanket, and blurred the gas-light in the dingy room Peter thought Lucy was rather quiet and pale, and her chuckle was a little subdued.

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  1. intransitive verb To laugh quietly or to oneself.
  2. intransitive verb To cluck or chuck, as a hen.
  3. noun A quiet laugh of mild amusement or satisfaction.

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  • I bet she's probably more excited than you. * chuckle* I'm sure she'll get the job. —  Fabulous Financials
  • Ill let everyone else judge for themselves whether they also agree with you that KOTOR 1 and 2 were basically mods of NWN. * chuckle* but I wouldn't hold your breath. bloodyleach: —  WarCry Network : Latest News
  • Perhaps WE should all donate to Snob-ama, as it seems that the more he spends, the worse he does. * chuckle * —  Latest Articles
  • I wonder if any of the footage of the camera smacking into my head will make the outtakes … * chuckle* —  Jonathan Coulton
  • Now they pay us back by getting rich on our addictions. * chuckle* —  AroundTheCapitol.com
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

laugh ·  giggle ·  gasp ·  grunt ·  whisper ·  growl ·  shrug ·  smirk ·  grimace ·  cackle ·  sneer ·  undertone

Used in the same contextWord Family

chuckle:   chuckles ·  chuckled ·  chuckling
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Probably frequentative of chuck3.

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (3)

  1. Freq. of chuck, v.
  2. from chuckle, v.
  3. apparently freq. of chuck, chock, in sense of ‘shake.’
 

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