Associations to the word «Chuckling»

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, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley