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chuckle
UK /ˈt͡ʃʌkəl/ US /ˈt͡ʃʌkəl/
verb 5noun 1adj 1
Definitions
noun
1
A quiet laugh.
verb
1
To laugh quietly or inwardly.
2
To communicate through chuckling.
She chuckled her assent to my offer as she got in the car.
3
To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.
4
To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck.
if these Birds are within distance, here's that will chuckle 'em together
5
To fondle; to indulge or pamper.
adj
1
Clumsy.
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