as in laughed
to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound
everyone dutifully chuckled at the professor's intended jokes
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Recent Examples of chuckled
Some of the 14 men chuckled, not quite sold.
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Arkansas Online, 24 Aug. 2025
The audience chuckled — what a wild title!
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
And chuckled with Spicy, Austin’s own puckish cartoonist.
—Steve Sewall, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
Miller chuckled when asked about his trash-talk episodes, because that isn’t the only one.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2025
Speaking from his longtime home in La Quinta, near Palm Springs, Reid chuckled appreciatively when reminded of the late Franklin’s praise for him.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
Arkansas Online, 24 Aug. 2025
The audience chuckled — what a wild title!
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
And chuckled with Spicy, Austin’s own puckish cartoonist.
—Steve Sewall, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
Miller chuckled when asked about his trash-talk episodes, because that isn’t the only one.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2025
Speaking from his longtime home in La Quinta, near Palm Springs, Reid chuckled appreciatively when reminded of the late Franklin’s praise for him.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chuckled
Verb
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Close enough to feel, far enough that our guides only laughed.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Seinfeld said sarcastically to the hecklers as the audience laughed and cheered.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Some of the guys smiled and giggled throughout her introduction, which stoked plenty of ire from viewers online.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
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Two teen-age girls, joining a crowd trailing him, giggled and teared up.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
Verb
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This time in response, the president smiled.—
Jillian Frankel,
People.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Asked what his father would think about the Overland Park restaurant, Eid smiled.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Witnesses screamed in horror and fled for cover after the bullet struck Kirk in the neck.—
Michael Ruiz , Peter D'Abrosca , Julia Bonavita , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , David Spunt , CB Cotton,
FOXNews.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Images shared on social media showed flames shooting high into the air as people screamed and ran from the scene in the Iztapalapa borough.—
Rocío Muñoz-Ledo,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Broncos linebacker grinned Sunday night at his locker, validated.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
8 Sep. 2025
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She was dressed in green and gold and had a beaming smile on her face as Justin grinned at her.—
Michael Nied,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Chuckled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chuckled. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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