different between chuckle vs chuckling

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t???k?l/

  Rhymes: -?k?l

Etymology 1

From chuck +? -le.

Noun

chuckle (plural chuckles)

1. A quiet laugh.

Synonyms

• chortle
• giggle
• snigger
• titter

Translations

Verb

chuckle (third-person singular simple present chuckles, present participle chuckling, simple past and past participle chuckled)

1. To laugh quietly or inwardly.
2. (transitive) To communicate through chuckling.

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

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

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

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)

Synonyms

• (to laugh quietly): see also Thesaurus:laugh
• (to fondle): grope, pet, touch up; see also Thesaurus:fondle
• (to pamper): coddle, posset; see also Thesaurus:pamper

Translations

Etymology 2

Perhaps from chock (“a log”).

Adjective

chuckle (comparative more chuckle, superlative most chuckle)

1. (obsolete) Clumsy.

Derived terms

• chucklehead

English

Verb

chuckling

1. present participle of chuckle

Noun

chuckling (plural chucklings)

1. (gerund of chuckle) An instance in which someone chuckles