Chuckle (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

verb (used without object), chuck·led, chuck·ling.
  1. to laugh softly or amusedly, usually with satisfaction: They chuckled at the child's efforts to walk.
  2. to laugh to oneself: to chuckle while reading.
  3. to cluck, as a fowl.
noun
  1. a soft laugh, usually of satisfaction.
  2. the cluck of a hen.
verb (intr)
  1. to laugh softly or to oneself
  2. (of animals, esp hens) to make a clucking sound
noun
  1. a partly suppressed laugh
Chuckle (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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