CHUCKLE

v. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To call, as a hen her chickens; to cluck. [Obs.] Dryden.

2.
v.

To fondle; to cocker. [Obs.] Dryden.

3.
n.

A short, suppressed laugh; the expression of satisfaction, exultation, or derision.

4.
v.

To laugh in a suppressed or broken manner, as expressing inward satisfaction, exultation, or derision.