chuckle• "Do you remember when Michelle fell in the river?" Morgan chuckled.• Footbridgescross and recross Ashland Creek, which chuckles along the length of the park.• The doctorchuckled and probed, digging and piercing, as he lectured.• Coulter chuckled and shook his head.• Hankchuckled, and then winced when he moved his head suddenly.• Father van Exem chuckled loudly as he continued his tale.• But even as she chuckled, Phoebe knew now that this was not fair.• Simon sat reading a magazine, chuckling to himself.• I remember him chuckling when he told me about the big farm men who came to have their teethextracted.• Fashioncriticschuckled when Ronald Reagan wore his brownsuits while president.• His eyes searching hers from very close quarters, he chuckled when she hastily lowered her lashes.
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(1500-1600)chuck“to cluck”((14-19 centuries)), from the sound