1. [noun] A quiet laugh.
2. [verb] To laugh quietly or inwardly.
3. [verb] (intransitive) (archaic) To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.
4. [verb] (transitive) (archaic) To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck.
5. [verb] (transitive) (archaic) To fondle; to indulge or pamper.
6. [noun] A soft partly suppressed laugh.
7. [verb] Laugh quietly or with restraint.