chuckle in English: To laugh in a quiet, soft way, often with your mouth almost closed. (verb)

Translation

To laugh in a quiet, soft way, often with your mouth almost closed.

Word origin

From the old verb chuck, to make a clucking sound, with the ending le that marks a small repeated action.

Verb typeregular (chuckle, chuckles, chuckled, chuckling)

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"Chuckled" is the past form of "chuckle".

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A chuckle is quieter and softer than a laugh.

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Here "chuckle" is used to tell someone to stop laughing.

laugh

To make happy sounds with your voice when something is funny.

smile

To turn up the corners of your mouth to show you are happy or friendly.

funny

Making you laugh or smile; full of jokes and fun.

happy

Feeling glad and pleased.

sound

A sound is anything that you can hear with your ears.

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