chuckle

Meaning

Noun

A quiet laugh.

Verb

1. To laugh quietly or inwardly.
2. (transitive) To communicate through chuckling.
3. (archaic, intransitive) To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.
4. (archaic, transitive) To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck.
5. (archaic, transitive) To fondle; to indulge or pamper.

Adj

Clumsy.

Synonyms

giggle

chortle

titter

laugh

😆

snicker

smile

😄

guffaw

cackle

snigger

laugh softly

crack

cluck

twitter

laugh to oneself

suppressed laugh

awkward

be in stitches

banter

chuckling

clumsy

giggling

grin

😁

heehaw

mirth

rejoice

snort

tease

tehee

Translations

glousser

kichern

glucksen

Glucksen

in sich hineinlachen

kıkırdama

rire

😆

ridacchiare

risita

Kichern

rialleta

gracejar

ricanement

ricaner

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈt͡ʃʌkəl/

Etymology

From chuck + -le.