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Meanings of
chuckle
in английском
каталонский
rialleta
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A soft partly suppressed laugh.
chortle
каталонский
rialleta
португальский
gracejar
каталонский
riure
испанский
reírse entre dientes
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Laugh quietly or with restraint.
laugh softly
португальский
gracejar
Synonyms
Examples for "
laugh softly
"
laugh softly
Examples for "
laugh softly
"
1
She began to
laugh
softly
,
uncannily, in a way that tore my heart.
2
Then I bent close and let her hear me
laugh
softly
.
3
Mrs. Marston relaxed her dignity so far as to
laugh
softly
.
4
He
laughed
softly
as he lay in the bottom of the boat.
5
Brooks
laughed
softly
from his place in front of the open fire.
Usage of
chuckle
in английском
1
At least he got a good rate of interest.' A sad
chuckle
.
2
Beside her, she heard her good friend Karl Zivonik swallow a
chuckle
.
3
I'm always having a good
chuckle
to myself over what I hear.
4
I heard the old black-and-white lady in the background
chuckle
to herself.
5
He looked forward to having a good
chuckle
with Bronwen about it.
6
Just long enough to hear the hushed sibilance of a welcome-home
chuckle
.
7
She heard the old black-and-white lady in the background
chuckle
to herself.
8
He heard a familiar
chuckle
on the other end of the line.
9
She put a toe in the water and gave a satisfied
chuckle
.
10
A
chuckle
came from the man in ambush behind the yellow flame.
11
Well, good luck to you, my boy. He gave a sour
chuckle
.
12
Then he leered at the Major and let out a malevolent
chuckle
.
13
As he began to drift off, Gerrod thought he heard someone
chuckle
.
14
Why bother the gods with pretty trifles? I said with a
chuckle
.
15
One day he will allow himself a sardonic
chuckle
at the irony.
16
And that's why he broke it?' Homer asked with a condescending
chuckle
.
Other examples for "chuckle"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
chuckle
Noun
Singular
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
little chuckle
low chuckle
dry chuckle
soft chuckle
chuckle at
More collocations
Translations for
chuckle
каталонский
rialleta
riure
португальский
gracejar
испанский
reírse entre dientes
reírse bajito
reírse ahogadamente
Chuckle
through the time
Chuckle
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common