chuckling
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Noun
chuckling noun
- (gerund of chuckle) An instance in which someone chuckles
Verb
chuckling verb
- To laugh quietly or inwardly.
- To communicate through chuckling.“She chuckled her assent to my offer as she got in the car.”
- To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.
- To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck.
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gropepettouch upcoddlepossetchortlelaugh softlyyeahtrueyessnigglingchortlinggigglechucksnickeringgigglementsniggersniggering
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