Chuckle

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To call, as a hen her chickens; to Cluck.

II. Chuckle ·vt To Fondle; to Cocker.

III. Chuckle ·noun A short, suppressed laugh; the expression of satisfaction, exultation, or derision.

IV. Chuckle ·vi To laugh in a suppressed or broken manner, as expressing inward satisfaction, exultation, or derision.