chuckling
noun C2- An instance in which someone chuckles
Plural chucklings
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Even Baloo, half smothered under the monkeys on the edge of the terrace, could not help chuckling as he heard the Black Panther asking for help.
He was still chuckling over his success when Billy swung open the door and Inspector MacDonald of Scotland Yard was ushered into the room.
“Never mind,” said he, chuckling to himself.
John Clayton departed chuckling, and Holmes turned to me with a shrug of his shoulders and a rueful smile.
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