— 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 .