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CHUCKLE
chortle, chuckle
(noun) a soft partly suppressed laugh
chuckle, chortle, laugh softly
(verb) laugh quietly or with restraint
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
chuckle (plural chuckles)
A quiet laugh.
Synonyms
• chortle
• giggle
• snigger
• titter
Verb
chuckle (third-person singular simple present chuckles, present participle chuckling, simple past and past participle chuckled)
To laugh quietly or inwardly.
(transitive) To communicate through chuckling.
(intransitive, archaic) To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.
(transitive, archaic) To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck.
(transitive, archaic) To fondle; to indulge or pamper.
Synonyms
• (to laugh quietly): see also laugh
• (to fondle): grope, pet, touch up; see also fondle
• (to pamper): coddle, posset; see also pamper
Etymology 2
Adjective
chuckle (comparative more chuckle, superlative most chuckle)
(obsolete) Clumsy.
Source: Wiktionary
Chuc"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chuckled; p. pr. & vb. n. Chuckling.] Etym: [From lst Chuck.]
1. To call, as a hen her chickens; to cluck. [Obs.] Dryden.
2. To fondle; to cocker. [Obs.] Dryden.
Chuc"kle, n.
Definition: A short, suppressed laugh; the expression of satisfaction, exultation, or derision.
Chuc"kle, v. i. Etym: [From lst Chuck.]
Definition: To laugh in a suppressed or broken manner, as expressing inward satisfaction, exultation, or derision.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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