chuckling
Meaning of chuckling
verb, gerund or present participle
- laugh quietly or inwardly.
I chuckled at the astonishment on her face
late 16th century (in the sense ‘laugh convulsively’): from chuck meaning ‘to cluck’ in late Middle English.
Information about chuckling
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of chuckling is: chucklings.
- Languages in which chuckling is used:
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Hyphenation of chuckling
chuck-ling
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- chuckling is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
chuckling synonyms
Meaning laugh in a noisy, gleeful way:
Meaning laugh lightly and repeatedly in a silly way, from amusement, nervousness, or embarrassment:
Meaning give a short, half-suppressed laugh; giggle:
Meaning give a half-suppressed, typically scornful laugh; snigger:
Meaning laugh in a half-suppressed, typically scornful way:
Meaning a large bird with mostly glossy black plumage, a heavy bill, and a raucous voice:
Words that rhyme with chuckling
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