CHUCKLE


Meaning of CHUCKLE in English

— chuckler , n. — chucklingly , adv.

/chuk"euhl/ , v. , chuckled, chuckling , n.

v.i.

1. to laugh softly or amusedly, usually with satisfaction: They chuckled at the child's efforts to walk.

2. to laugh to oneself: to chuckle while reading.

3. Obs. to cluck, as a fowl.

n.

4. a soft laugh, usually of satisfaction.

5. Obs. the cluck of a hen.

[ 1590-1600; CHUCK 3 + -LE ]

Syn. 4. See laugh .

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