Dictionary entry

Chuckle

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Chuc″kle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Chuckled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Chuckling (?).] [From 1st Chuck.]

1. To call, as a hen her chickens; to cluck. Dryden.

2. To fondle; to cocker. Dryden.