v. t.
n. A short, suppressed laugh; the expression of satisfaction, exultation, or derision. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ From 1st Chuck. ] To laugh in a suppressed or broken manner, as expressing inward satisfaction, exultation, or derision. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A person with a large head; a numskull; a dunce. [ Low ] Knowles. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having a large head; thickheaded; dull; stupid. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A deciduous much-branched shrub (Lyonia ligustrina) with dense downy panicles of small bell-shaped white flowers.
n. [ Perh. dim. of Prov. E. hucka hook, and so named from its round shape. See Hook. ]
Huckle bone.
a. Round-shoulded. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. Whortleberry. ] (Bot.)
Squaw huckleberry.