亚洲网紅露点

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chuckle

[ chuhk-uhl ]

verb (used without object)

chuckled, chuckling.
  1. to laugh softly or amusedly, usually with satisfaction:

    They chuckled at the child's efforts to walk.

  2. to laugh to oneself:

    to chuckle while reading.

  3. Obsolete. to cluck, as a fowl.


noun

  1. a soft laugh, usually of satisfaction.
  2. Obsolete. the cluck of a hen.

chuckle

/ 藞迟蕛蕦办蓹濒 /

verb

  1. to laugh softly or to oneself
  2. (of animals, esp hens) to make a clucking sound
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a partly suppressed laugh
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞肠丑耻肠办濒颈苍驳濒测, adverb
  • 藞肠丑耻肠办濒别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠丑耻肠办顎僱别谤 noun
  • 肠丑耻肠办顎僱颈苍驳路濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of chuckle1

First recorded in 1590鈥1600; chuck 3 + -le
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of chuckle1

C16: probably from chuck
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Synonym Study

See laugh.
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Example Sentences

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He chuckled at the disbelief of how things have worked out.

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鈥淥ne year鈥檚 like dog years to me in coaching,鈥 he said, chuckling, 鈥淭hat鈥檚 a long way away.鈥

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"I will answer like a good priest," he told me chuckling, when asked for his prediction.

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鈥淲e had an 11 a.m. game 鈥 and everyone is walking in all dragging,鈥 Phillips chuckled.

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To get your fill of trade-related chuckles these days, there鈥檚 a much more reliable, if unexpected, source: the official Facebook page of the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C.

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