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Chuckle vs Huckle - What's the difference?

chuckle | huckle |

As nouns the difference between chuckle and huckle

is that chuckle is a quiet laugh while huckle is the hip, the haunch.

As a verb chuckle

is to laugh quietly or inwardly.

chuckle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A quiet laugh.
  • Synonyms

    * chortle * giggle * snigger * titter

    Verb

  • To laugh quietly or inwardly.
  • (archaic) To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.
  • (archaic) To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck.
  • (Dryden)
  • (archaic) To fondle; to indulge or pamper.
  • (Dryden)

    Synonyms

    * See also

    huckle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) The hip, the haunch.
  • * 1676 , A Way to Get Wealth , Book I, page 5
  • * 1687 , The History of the Most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha and His Trusty Squire (translated by JP), Book II, page 433:
  • * 1837 , John French Burke, British husbandry: exhibiting the farming practice , page 392:
  • A bunch or part projecting like the hip.
  • (Udall)
  • A homosexual man.
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