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chuckle

/chuhk-uhl/US // ˈtʃʌk əl //UK // (ˈtʃʌkəl) //

咯咯笑,咯咯地笑,咯咯笑声,咯咯咯

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    chuck·led, chuck·ling.

    • : to laugh softly or amusedly, usually with satisfaction: They chuckled at the child's efforts to walk.
    • : to laugh to oneself: to chuckle while reading.
    • : Obsolete. to cluck, as a fowl.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a soft laugh, usually of satisfaction.
    • : Obsolete. the cluck of a hen.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • That punchline is met with what can only be described as a sad chuckle.

  • “Our location is strategic because Mongolia sits on the backbone of China, while punching the underbelly of Russia,” says Elbegdorj with a chuckle.

  • “I have no idea how many of them have had military training before,” he tells me later with a chuckle.

  • “We need to call it something else,” Mitchell offered with a chuckle.

  • She would of course always come clean, after everyone enjoyed an awkward chuckle.

  • “During the test, we tried all the dances and I nailed none of them,” says Boseman with a chuckle.

  • A group of local teens in the small town got a chuckle out of the “rich kid” driving a “funny ass car.”

  • Ruefully Aristide found no answers save in the general chuckle-headedness of mankind.

  • His chuckle stopped as lightning flare threw the shadow of a man across the ground at Joseph's feet.

  • Jones said this with a chuckle and a sly expression in his face, as he glanced meaningly at his companion.

  • "It would be a highly indecent spectacle, my dear," said the vicar with a chuckle.

  • His free hand closed over hers, but she snatched her own away with indignation that ended in a chuckle.