chuckle
verb (used without object), chuck·led, chuck·ling.
noun
Origin of chuckle
Synonyms for chuckle
Related Words for chuckled
snicker, smile, chortle, laugh, cackle, guffaw, crow, snigger, titter, exult, hee-haw, sniggleExamples from the Web for chuckled
Contemporary Examples of chuckled
I admit, I chuckled when I read the phrase “boomtown effects” in the New York report.
Rich, the married father of two young boys, chuckled accommodatingly.
And so the 20 or so people, sitting alone at the Empire 25 in Times Square, chuckled quietly.
Vallée chuckled, responding, “Never,” and asking whether there were even any trans actors.
As I moved past the T-shirts, two guys walking past me looked back, and one chuckled.
Preparing for War in Indianapolis: Inside the NRA Plot to Terrify AmericaCliff Schecter
April 28, 2014
Historical Examples of chuckled
Burke chuckled, as the young man took the paper, wonderingly.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
He chuckled as he added: "That Turner woman saved you the trouble with one."
Within the LawMarvin Dana
And he chuckled and rubbed his lean hands together as I had so often seen him do.
The Bacillus of BeautyHarriet Stark
The Old Man chuckled to himself and went back to his welding.
Chip, of the Flying UB. M. Bower
"It wad hit the pair of 'em," McNab chuckled, and with that word the Devil conquered.
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