English Dictionary

chuckle

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈt͡ʃʌkəl/

動詞

他動詞 古語 自動詞

To laugh quietly or inwardly. / (transitive) To communicate through chuckling. / (intransitive, archaic) To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.

日本語の意味

内心で静かに笑う、またはくすくす笑う / （他者と）クスクス笑いながら意思疎通する / （古語・自動詞で）鶏の鳴き声（クックワッキング）を出す

When she read the note, she couldn't help but chuckle.

彼女はそのメモを読んだとき、思わず小さく笑ってしまった。

意味（1）

To laugh quietly or inwardly.

意味（2）

(transitive) To communicate through chuckling.

She chuckled her assent to my offer as she got in the car.

意味（3）

(intransitive, archaic) To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.

意味（4）

(transitive, archaic) To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck.

if these Birds are within distance, here's that will chuckle 'em together

意味（5）

(transitive, archaic) To fondle; to indulge or pamper.

chuckles （ present singular third-person ）

chuckling （ participle present ）

chuckled （ participle past ）

chuckled （ past ）