chuckle

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To communicate through chuckling.

   She chuckled her assent to my offer as she got in the car.

2. 2
   verb

   To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck.

   if these Birds are within distance, here's that will chuckle 'em together

3. 3
   noun

   a soft partly suppressed laugh

4. 4
   verb

   to laugh quietly or with restraint

5. 5
   noun

   A quiet laugh.

6. 6
   verb

   To laugh quietly or inwardly.

7. 7
   verb

   To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.

8. 8
   verb

   To fondle; to indulge or pamper.

Etymology

Perhaps from chock (“a log”).