chuckles
USCHUK-uhlz/ˈt͡ʃʌkəlz/
- 1Plural of chuckle.
The comedian's dry asides earned scattered chuckles from the audience.
A series of soft chuckles rippled across the table as he told the story.
Note
A plural that shares its spelling with the verb: he chuckles at his own joke uses the same form as a room full of chuckles. As a noun it counts separate laughs, so it pairs naturally with quantifiers like a few chuckles or scattered chuckles. Older English also used the verb for a hen clucking to her chicks, a sense now archaic.
chuckles is a form of chuckle
chuckle, noun: A low, quiet laugh. Full entry
- Forms
- chucklechuckles plural
- Spelling
- chuckle → chuckles: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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