Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of chuckle
nounchuckling (plural chucklings)
plural chucklings
- gerundAn instance in which someone chuckles
The shocked silence of the grown-ups is disturbed by the chucklings of the one hipster among them[…].
1988 January 22, Henry Sheehan, “Little Boy Blue”, in Chicago Reader
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APA
chuckling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chuckling
MLA
“chuckling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chuckling. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chuckling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chuckling.
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