Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chuckling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chuckle \Chuc"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chuckled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Chuckling}.] [From lst {Chuck}.]
1. To call, as a hen her chickens; to cluck. [Obs.] --Dryden.
2. To fondle; to cocker. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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