Synonyms:
chortle, chuckle
Meaning: a soft partly suppressed laugh
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
chuckle, chortle, laugh_softly
Meaning: laugh quietly or with restraint
Usage examples
It was a throaty little chuckle, pleasant to hear.
Before he could reply Johnny Chuck began to chuckle.
"He means himself and his family," he whispered with a chuckle.
Then with something like a chuckle she drew out a soft, pale creature with four wobbly legs.
But you know there is no such thing as choice in reality, say what you like," you will interpose with a chuckle.
They could see, however, that the top of the, rock was flat, and Mukoki called attention to this fact with an exultant chuckle.
"About that," said I, with an inward chuckle, for I, of course, did not tell Henriette of eight beauties I had kept out of the returns for myself.
Heads were thrust out of the windows as the two vanished up the dusty pike, and an old graybeard loafing in front of the corner grocery gave an amused chuckle.