CHUCKLE definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary

✨🙊 “Laugh,” “giggle,” “chuckle”: what’s the difference? 🙊✨ To “giggle” (verb) and to “chuckle” (verb) are both forms of laughter (noun); they’re similar, but there’s a slight difference… 🙊✨ A “giggle” (noun) is a silly laugh, usually quite light and repetitive - for example, I always giggle when someone tells me a rude joke… it’s like, hehehe 🤭✨ A “chuckle” (noun) is a repressed, quiet laugh - so imagine you find something funny but it’s not appropriate to laugh, so you try to hide the fact