'Chuckle' definitions:

Definition of 'chuckle'

From: WordNet
noun
A soft partly suppressed laugh [syn: chortle, chuckle]
verb
Laugh quietly or with restraint [syn: chuckle, chortle, laugh softly]

Definition of 'Chuckle'

From: GCIDE
  • Chuckle \Chuc"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chuckled; p. pr. & vb. n. Chuckling.] [From 1st Chuck.]
  • 1. To call, as a hen her chickens; to cluck. [Obs.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To fondle; to cocker. [Obs.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Chuckle'

From: GCIDE
  • Chuckle \Chuc"kle\, n. A short, suppressed laugh; the expression of satisfaction, exultation, or derision. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Chuckle'

From: GCIDE
  • Chuckle \Chuc"kle\, v. i. [From 1st Chuck.] To laugh in a suppressed or broken manner, as expressing inward satisfaction, exultation, or derision. [1913 Webster]

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