[
US
/ˈtʃəkəɫ/
]
[ UK /tʃˈʌkəl/ ]
[ UK /tʃˈʌkəl/ ]
NOUN
- a soft partly suppressed laugh
VERB
- laugh quietly or with restraint
How To Use chuckle In A Sentence
- Some came to seek the new power, some to chuckle, others to satisfy their curiosity.
- We chuckled together as she stood and reached up to the top shelf of a grand bookcase in the corner.
- He hires all his unemployable comedy friends and we're supposed to chuckle along with their camaraderie, as though paying eight bucks makes us eligible to be in on the in-jokes.
- The combative midfielder said with a chuckle: 'Are we depressed? The Sun
- Liam chuckled as if this was amusing and got a swat in the chest from Leslie.
- Margot chuckled at the new use for the derisive term for malware tinkerers, and reminded herself to use it in her report. Short Story: "Fair Game"
- It still makes me chuckle. Times, Sunday Times
- But his chuckle was not so rotund, and he was very attentive to the ammeter. Main Street
- And as he watched her in confusion, Shelley's chuckle turned into an uncontrollable, hysterical fit of laughter.
- “The baobab is a most wonderful tree,” he chuckled, settling back against an outcropping of rock. Giants of the Bushveld