Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chuckling

/tʃˈʌklɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.83 in modern English

Syllables: chuck-ling
IPA: /tʃˈʌklɪŋ/

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of chuckle

noun

An instance in which someone chuckles

Example Sentences

"The shocked silence of the grown-ups is disturbed by the chucklings of the one hipster among them[…]."

Inflected Forms

chucklings (plural)

Rhymes With

suckling buckling duckling

Questions

How do you pronounce chuckling?: The recorded pronunciation is /tʃˈʌklɪŋ/.
What does chuckling mean?: present participle and gerund of chuckle

How to pronounce chuckling

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