English-Dutch translations for chuckle

• gegrinnik
• grinniken
  "Zoveel was het waard om de beslissingsbevoegdheid over het begrotings- en fiscaal beleid nationaal te houden" grinniken de EU-tegenstanders in mijn land vrolijk. 'That is how much the national freedom to determine one' s own financial and tax policy is worth,' the opponents of EMU in my homeland cheerfully chuckle.
• kakelen

Definition of chuckle

• A quiet laugh
• To laugh quietly or inwardly
• To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck
• To fondle; to indulge or pamper
• Clumsy

Examples

• She chuckled her assent to my offer as she got in the car.

Related words

• chucklehead
• chucklesome
• chuckley pear