chuckle
/ˈt͡ʃʌkəl/
noun
- 1
A quiet laugh.
verb
- 1
To laugh quietly or inwardly.
- 2
To communicate through chuckling.
“She chuckled her assent to my offer as she got in the car.”
- 3
To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.
- 4
To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck.
- 5
To fondle; to indulge or pamper.
adjective
- 1
Clumsy.
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