2. Noun. (context: gerund of chuckle) An instance in which someone chuckles ¹
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Definition of Chuckling
1. chuckle [v] - See also: chuckle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chuckling
Literary usage of Chuckling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (1912)
"*Crosses to L C. &He takes of head and runs or flies with it of R, chuckling.
A few bars of "Nocturne." *More music, all listen. ..."
2. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1880)
"Yes, mem," said the boy ; and he burst into a chuckling laugh, ... and chuckling
again. Whereupon he v reproved by all parties for things in gena including ..."
3. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"From London " Punch " für October n, 1899 PEACE AND PLENTY LORD
SALISBURY (chuckling): "I like arbitration—in the proper place! ..."
4. Auld lang syne by Friedrich Max Müller (1898)
"I see him chuckling while he wrote it, and though I value it as a treasure, I
never looked upon it as a trophy. DOWN, BECKENHAM, KENT, 15th Oct., 1875. ..."
5. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1801)
"And chuckling shake their shorten'd aprons; " A Wedding!" cry experienc'd matrons, "
A Wedding ! ..."
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