Associations to the word «Chuckle»
Noun
Adjective
Verb
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
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.