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chuckle

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

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