Chuckle
['tʃʌk(ə)l] or ['tʃʌkl]
Definition
(v. t.) To call, as a hen her chickens; to cluck.
(v. t.) To fondle; to cocker.
(n.) A short, suppressed laugh; the expression of satisfaction, exultation, or derision.
(v. i.) To laugh in a suppressed or broken manner, as expressing inward satisfaction, exultation, or derision.
Checker: Uriah
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Giggle, titter, laugh (convulsively, in triumph or in derision).[2]. Exult, triumph, crow.
n. Giggle, titter, laughter (half suppressed), chuckling.
Edited by Georgina
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Grin, crow, cackle
ANT:Cry, wail, grumble, whimper, whine
Typed by Josephine
Definition
adj. clumsy.—n. Chuck′le-head a loutish fellow.
n. a kind of laugh: the cry of a hen.—v.t. to call as a hen does her chickens: to caress.—v.i. to laugh in a quiet suppressed manner indicating derision or enjoyment.—n. Chuck′ling.
Editor: Margaret
Examples
- And he looked down in surprise, hearing the almost inhuman chuckle of the child at his side. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The Jew rubbed his hands with a chuckle, but glanced uneasily at the box, notwithstanding. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- There was a sound behind them, as of an imperfectly suppressed chuckle. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He was of a chuckle-headed, high-shouldered make, with a general appearance of being, not so much a young man as a swelled boy. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I don't object, Lammle,' returned Fledgeby, with an internal chuckle, 'to being understood, though I object to being questioned. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The way he'd sit and chuckle over himself! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He snatched one of them up, opened it, and burst out into a triumphant chuckle of laughter. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He chuckled; he rubbed his hands. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Holmes chuckled and wriggled in his chair, as was his habit when in high spirits. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He chuckled and rubbed his hands when we found ourselves in the street once more. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He chuckled to himself and rubbed his long, nervous hands together. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- And they chuckled inwardly at the idea of the workmen's discomfiture and defeat, in their attempt to alter one iota of what Thornton had decreed. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The salesman chuckled grimly. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mr Wegg chuckled, consequently, when he heard the tidings. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Now you go into the parlor, and I'll send 'em down to you, with which somewhat involved reply Hannah vanished, chuckling ecstatically. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- That will await him when he enters port, said he, chuckling. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Moore went out, chuckling dryly. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A good many of us knew as well as He before long, said the captain, chuckling. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- This touches a spring in Grandmother Smallweed, who, chuckling as usual at the trivets, cries, Over the water! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- As I glanced up from reading this enigmatical message, I saw Holmes chuckling at the expression upon my face. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Well, said he, chuckling brutally; at any rate, they've got themselves into a trap now--the baggage! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I know another case,' said the little old man, when his chuckles had in some degree subsided. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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