chuckle
To laugh quietly or inwardlyTo laugh quietly or inwardly.
» Tom looked around and chuckled.
Том озирнувся навколо та хіхікнув.
Meaning
5 sensesTo laugh quietly or inwardly.
kichern
хихи́катьxixíkatʹ, хихи́кнутьxixíknutʹ, посме́иватьсяposméivatʹsja
laugh quietly or with restraint
(transitive)To communicate through chuckling.
She chuckled her assent to my offer as she got in the car.
(archaic, intransitive)To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.
куда́хтатьkudáxtatʹ
(archaic, transitive)To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck.
(archaic, transitive)To fondle; to indulge or pamper.
Examples
73 sentencesTom looked around and chuckled.
Том озирнувся навколо та хіхікнув.
Tom chuckled and shook his head.
Tom chuckled to himself.
ruТом усмехнулся.
Tom made me chuckle.
Tom started to chuckle.
ruТом захихикал.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
From chuck (“laugh”) + -le.From chuck (“laugh”) + -le.
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Forms
chuckles, chuckling, chuckled, chuckledSynonyms
7 synonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle