chuckle
/ˈt͡ʃʌkəl/
noun
Meaning
A quiet laugh.
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verb
Meaning
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.
To fondle; to indulge or pamper.
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