chuckle
/ˈt͡ʃʌkəl/ verb C2- To laugh quietly or inwardly.
- To communicate through chuckling. · She chuckled her assent to my offer as she got in the car.
He/she/it chuckles · Past chuckled · Past participle chuckled · -ing form chuckling
Verb forms
- Base form
- chuckle
- He/she/it
- chuckles
- Past
- chuckled
- Past participle
- chuckled
- -ing form
- chuckling
From the library
“Why, your excellency,” returned the landlord, chuckling and rubbing his hands with infinite complacency, “I think I may take upon myself to say I neglect nothing to deserve the support and patronage of the noble visitors to this poor hotel.”
Holmes chuckled and rubbed his hands.
He was still chuckling over his success when Billy swung open the door and Inspector MacDonald of Scotland Yard was ushered into the room.
White Mason chuckled and rubbed his fat hands together in his professional satisfaction.
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