chuckling

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English

Definitions

verb

To laugh quietly or inwardly.
To communicate through chuckling.“She chuckled her assent to my offer as she got in the car.”
To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.
To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck.

noun

(gerund of chuckle) An instance in which someone chuckles

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Synonyms

grope pet touch up coddle posset chortle laugh softly yeah true yes sniggling chortling giggle chuck snickering gigglement snigger sniggering

Associated

canasta sounds call sound you gave himself title

Rhymes

prickling suckling tickling swashbuckling ugly duckling buckling truckling chichling duckling sickling

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