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chuckle

chuckle is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.To fondle; to cocker. [Obs.] Dryden.
  2. 2.A short, suppressed laugh; the expression of satisfaction, exultation, or derision.
  3. 3.To laugh in a suppressed or broken manner, as expressing inward satisfaction, exultation, or derision.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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