adj
Meaning 1
Clumsy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
chuckle
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈt͡ʃʌkəl/
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rhymes with -ʌkəl
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CMU ARPABET: CH AH1 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A quiet laugh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chortle, giggle, snigger, titter
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To laugh quietly or inwardly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To communicate through chuckling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- She chuckled her assent to my offer as she got in the car.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To fondle; to indulge or pamper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
a soft partly suppressed laugh
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chortle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: laugh, laughter
verb
Meaning 9
laugh quietly or with restraint
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chortle, laugh softly
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: laugh, express joy, express mirth
History
Etymology
Perhaps from chock (“a log”).
From chuck (“laugh”) + -le.
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: إِهْلَاس (ʔihlās) — a quiet laugh
- Bulgarian: кискане (kiskane) — a quiet laugh
- Bulgarian: хихикане (hihikane) — a quiet laugh
- Dutch: gegrinnik — a quiet laugh
- French: ricanerie — a quiet laugh
- French: ricanement — a quiet laugh
- German: Kichern — a quiet laugh
- Hungarian: kuncogás — a quiet laugh
- Ido: kluko — a quiet laugh
- Japanese: くすくす笑い (kusu-kusu warai) — a quiet laugh
- Norwegian: klukklatter — a quiet laugh
- Polish: chichot — a quiet laugh
- Romanian: chicot — a quiet laugh
- Russian: хихи́канье (xixíkanʹje) — a quiet laugh
- Slovak: chichot — a quiet laugh
- Vietnamese: cười khúc khích — a quiet laugh
- Bulgarian: кискам се (kiskam se) — to laugh quietly or inwardly
- Bulgarian: хихикам (hihikam) — to laugh quietly or inwardly
- Chinese Mandarin: 暗笑 (ànxiào) — to laugh quietly or inwardly
- Dutch: grinniken — to laugh quietly or inwardly
- Esperanto: subridi — to laugh quietly or inwardly
- Finnish: hekottaa — to laugh quietly or inwardly
- Finnish: myhäillä — to laugh quietly or inwardly
- French: ricaner — to laugh quietly or inwardly
- German: kichern — to laugh quietly or inwardly
- Hebrew: גִּחֵךְ (giẖéch) — to laugh quietly or inwardly
- Hungarian: kuncog — to laugh quietly or inwardly
- Ido: klukar — to laugh quietly or inwardly
- Inupiaq: хихи́кати — to laugh quietly or inwardly
- Japanese: けらけら笑う (kerakera warau) — to laugh quietly or inwardly
- Khmer: សើចក្នុងពោះ (saǝc knoŋ pʊəh) — to laugh quietly or inwardly
- Khmer: សើចលាក់ (saǝc leak) — to laugh quietly or inwardly
- Norwegian: klukkle — to laugh quietly or inwardly
- Norwegian: småle — to laugh quietly or inwardly
- Norwegian: sitte og more seg — to laugh quietly or inwardly
- Polish: chichotać — to laugh quietly or inwardly
- Portuguese: gracejar — to laugh quietly or inwardly
- Romanian: chicoti — to laugh quietly or inwardly
- Russian: хихи́кать (xixíkatʹ) — to laugh quietly or inwardly
- Russian: хихи́кнуть (xixíknutʹ) — to laugh quietly or inwardly
- Russian: посме́иваться (posméivatʹsja) — to laugh quietly or inwardly
- Russian: усмехаться (usmexatʹsja) — to laugh quietly or inwardly
- Russian: усмехнуться (usmexnutʹsja) — to laugh quietly or inwardly
- Spanish: reír entre dientes — to laugh quietly or inwardly
- Swedish: skrocka — to laugh quietly or inwardly
- Vietnamese: cười khúc khích — to laugh quietly or inwardly
- Bulgarian: кудкудякам (kudkudjakam) — to make the sound of chicken
- Dutch: kakelen — to make the sound of chicken
- Finnish: kaakattaa — to make the sound of chicken
- French: glousser — to make the sound of chicken
- Norwegian: klukke — to make the sound of chicken
- Romanian: cotcodăci — to make the sound of chicken
- Russian: куда́хтать (kudáxtatʹ) — to make the sound of chicken
- Spanish: cocorear — to make the sound of chicken
- Spanish: cacarear — to make the sound of chicken
- Swedish: kackla — to make the sound of chicken
- Tamil: கொக்கரி (kokkari) — to make the sound of chicken