So you are right that "laugh" is "neutral": it doesn't carry a particular extra meaning on its own. I think you have to tackle all of the other words separately. It would help for you to look at a series of examples of how each one is used. As Lucas-sp mentioned, laugh is the general term and the others are all different ways of laughing. Someone who chuckles at a joke laughs a little. To giggle is to laugh softly, often with the hand covering the mouth, and tends to be associated with silliness.
Tittering is very similar to giggling, but perhaps softer, sort of like the sound of many birds chirping together. In fact, it sometimes occurred with another birdlike sound, cooing. To snicker at someone is to laugh briefly, often secretly hand over mouth , and sarcastically. To guffaw is to laugh loudly. To snort is to laugh and suck in air at the same time, making a sound similar to the grunting of a pig.
This is just a general gloss of the terms. As the others mentioned, context is very important. Since you seem to love words, I highly recommend the following site: www. If you type in the base form of the verb and don't get any examples, try using the simple past or the -ing form.
You will see that most of the words you have asked about occur in fiction more than in an academic context. You will see examples in context. You will also see that there are other words for laugh that you have left out, e. Have fun exploring!
Chuckle verb transitive To communicate through chuckling. Laugh noun A fun person. Chuckle verb To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck. Laugh verb intransitive To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.
Chuckle verb To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck. Laugh verb To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport. Chuckle verb To fondle; to indulge or pamper. Laugh verb To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock. Chuckle verb To call, as a hen her chickens; to cluck. Laugh verb transitive To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.
Chuckle verb To fondle; to cocker. Laugh verb transitive To express by, or utter with, laughter. Chuckle verb To laugh in a suppressed or broken manner, as expressing inward satisfaction, exultation, or derision. Laugh verb To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.
Chuckle noun A short, suppressed laugh; the expression of satisfaction, exultation, or derision. Laugh verb Fig. Chuckle noun a soft partly suppressed laugh. Laugh verb To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule. Chuckle verb laugh quietly or with restraint. Laugh verb To express by, or utter with, laughter; - with out. Laugh noun An expression of mirth peculiar to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.
Laugh noun the sound of laughing. That punchline is met with what can only be described as a sad chuckle. She would of course always come clean, after everyone enjoyed an awkward chuckle. Ruefully Aristide found no answers save in the general chuckle -headedness of mankind. What is it called when you laugh at everything?
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