chuckle
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1. chuckle - Noun
2. chuckle - Adjective
3. chuckle - Verb
Meaning
To call, as a hen her chickens; to cluck.
To fondle; to cocker.
A short, suppressed laugh; the expression of satisfaction, exultation, or derision.
To laugh in a suppressed or broken manner, as expressing inward satisfaction, exultation, or derision.
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A mirthless chuckle later, I called my mom and asked her for her account of her first Freedom Day.
A killer's chuckle led to a tense moment of confrontation Wednesday between a Crown prosecutor and a man on trial for slaughtering two people in their Vancouver home.
“Comedy is usually done in the evenings before bed, what a great way to finish your day,” she explained with a chuckle, indicating many of her bits are focused around her age.
After two days of stuffing half-drunk salespeople into a conference room at the Hyatt and subjecting them to team-building exercises and sales presos, I suppose a chuckle or two is needed.
Epstein asked the future president, who allegedly smiled and nodded before sharing a chuckle with the depraved hedge funder."
After reading it, you’ll question your assumptions about current dietary trends and how our ancestors dined, and also engage in a cathartic chuckle about our obsession with life-prolonging miracle cures.