When she saw the lengths he'd gone to to get all dressed up, she couldn't help letting a brief chuckle escape.
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Chuckle
//ˈt͡ʃʌkəl//
Synonyms for "chuckle" (83 found)
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10 entriesTranslations
56 translations across 23 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- إِهْلَاس noun (a quiet laugh)
Bulgarian
4 entries- кискане noun (a quiet laugh)
- хихикане noun (a quiet laugh)
- кискам се verb (to laugh quietly or inwardly)
- кудкудякам verb (to make the sound of chicken)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 暗笑 verb (to laugh quietly or inwardly)
Dutch
3 entries- gegrinnik noun (a quiet laugh)
- grinniken verb (to laugh quietly or inwardly)
- kakelen verb (to make the sound of chicken)
Esperanto
1 entries- subridi verb (to laugh quietly or inwardly)
Finnish
3 entries- hekottaa verb (to laugh quietly or inwardly)
- kaakattaa verb (to make the sound of chicken)
- myhäillä verb (to laugh quietly or inwardly)
French
4 entries- ricanement noun (a quiet laugh)
- ricanerie noun (a quiet laugh)
- glousser verb (to make the sound of chicken)
- ricaner verb (to laugh quietly or inwardly)
German
2 entries- Kichern noun (a quiet laugh)
- kichern verb (to laugh quietly or inwardly)
Hebrew
1 entries- גִּחֵךְ verb (to laugh quietly or inwardly)
Hungarian
2 entries- kuncogás noun (a quiet laugh)
- kuncog verb (to laugh quietly or inwardly)
Ido
2 entries- kluko noun (a quiet laugh)
- klukar verb (to laugh quietly or inwardly)
Inupiaq
1 entries- хихи́кати verb (to laugh quietly or inwardly)
Japanese
2 entries- くすくす笑い noun (a quiet laugh)
- けらけら笑う verb (to laugh quietly or inwardly)
Khmer
2 entries- សើចក្នុងពោះ verb (to laugh quietly or inwardly)
- សើចលាក់ verb (to laugh quietly or inwardly)
Norwegian
4 entries- klukklatter noun (a quiet laugh)
- klukke verb (to make the sound of chicken)
- klukkle verb (to laugh quietly or inwardly)
- sitte og more seg verb (to laugh quietly or inwardly)
Polish
2 entries- chichot noun (a quiet laugh)
- chichotać verb (to laugh quietly or inwardly)
Portuguese
1 entries- gracejar verb (to laugh quietly or inwardly)
Romanian
3 entries- chicot noun (a quiet laugh)
- chicoti verb (to laugh quietly or inwardly)
- cotcodăci verb (to make the sound of chicken)
Russian
4 entries- хихи́канье noun (a quiet laugh)
- куда́хтать verb (to make the sound of chicken)
- посме́иваться verb (to laugh quietly or inwardly)
- усмехаться verb (to laugh quietly or inwardly)
Spanish
3 entries- cacarear verb (to make the sound of chicken)
- cocorear verb (to make the sound of chicken)
- reír entre dientes verb (to laugh quietly or inwardly)
Swedish
2 entries- kackla verb (to make the sound of chicken)
- skrocka verb (to laugh quietly or inwardly)
Tamil
1 entries- கொக்கரி verb (to make the sound of chicken)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cười khúc khích noun (a quiet laugh)
- cười khúc khích verb (to laugh quietly or inwardly)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Tom made me chuckle.
Source: tatoeba (4496554)
This always makes me chuckle.
Source: tatoeba (4665495)
Tom started to chuckle.
Source: tatoeba (4666725)
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