chuckling
131chuckle — chuck|le [ˈtʃʌkəl] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: chuck [i] to cluck (14 19 centuries), from the sound] to laugh quietly ▪ What are you chuckling about? >chuckle n ▪ Rosie gave a little chuckle …
132chuckle — (v.) 1590s, frequentative of M.E. chukken make a clucking noise (late 14c.), of echoic origin. It originally meant noisy laughter. Chucklehead blockhead (18c.) is perhaps connected with CHUCK (Cf. chuck) (v.). Related: Chuckled; chuckling. The… …
