keckle

/ˈkɛkəl/
verb
  1. To laugh or chuckle in a restrained or half-suppressed way.
    • The children would keckle at the clown's silly antics.
    • He couldn't help but keckle when he saw the cat wearing a tiny hat.
    • She tried to keckle quietly during the serious meeting.
noun
  1. A short, suppressed laugh or chuckle.
    • A soft keckle escaped her lips as she read the funny text.
    • The audience let out a collective keckle at the comedian's joke.
    • His keckle was barely audible over the classroom noise.
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