Thesaurus: chuckle

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1. v. t. To call, as a hen her chickens; to cluck.
2. v. t. To fondle; to cocker.
3. n. A short, suppressed laugh; the expression of satisfaction, exultation, or derision.
4. v. i. To laugh in a suppressed or broken manner, as expressing inward satisfaction, exultation, or derision.
5. n. a soft partly suppressed laugh
6. v. laugh quietly or with restraint
7. 1. To call, as a hen her chickens; to cluck. [Obs.] Dryden. 2. To fondle; to cocker. [Obs.] Dryden. A short, suppressed laugh; the expression of satisfaction, exultation, or derision. To laugh in a suppressed or broken manner, as expressing inward satisfaction, exultation, or derision.
8. A short, suppressed laugh; the expression of satisfaction,exultation, or derision.
9. n:28/v:72 v. laugh quietly or with restraint