Associations to the word «Chuckle»

Wiktionary

CHUCKLE, noun. A quiet laugh.
CHUCKLE, verb. To laugh quietly or inwardly.
CHUCKLE, verb. (intransitive) (archaic) To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.
CHUCKLE, verb. (transitive) (archaic) To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck.
CHUCKLE, verb. (transitive) (archaic) To fondle; to indulge or pamper.

Dictionary definition

CHUCKLE, noun. A soft partly suppressed laugh.
CHUCKLE, verb. Laugh quietly or with restraint.

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn