chuckle
verb (used without object)
to laugh softly or amusedly, usually with satisfaction.
are chuckling
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present progressiveof chuckle.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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A century’s worth of dead managers are chuckling in the infernal regions.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2018
Insiders at The New Yorker are chuckling again over that gag.
From Time Magazine Archive
The cameras are right on the Gamemakers, who are chuckling and nodding.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
Many, indeed, of those who, in reading this article, are chuckling at the reflection it may be supposed to throw upon their neighbours, are already down in our list.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 by Various
They knew we'd overtake 'em before they had got very far, and I dare say are chuckling at having given us all the trouble for nothing.
From Settlers and Scouts by Herbert Strang
