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The correct spelling is chuckling.
How to pronounce chuckling
verb
Say it like: Chu-kli-ng
The correct spelling is chuckling. To laugh quietly or inwardly. For example: "She chuckled her assent to my offer as she got in the car."
Usage Examples
“She chuckled her assent to my offer as she got in the car.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To laugh quietly or inwardly.
- 2.To communicate through chuckling.
- 3.To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.
- 4.To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck.
- 5.To fondle; to indulge or pamper.
noun
- 1.(gerund of chuckle) An instance in which someone chuckles
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