sb. Sc. [f. KECKLE v.1] a. A short spasmodic laugh; a chuckle. b. Cackling, chattering, etc. (Cf. CACKLE sb. 3 b.)
1820. Blackw. Mag., VIII. 260. Miss Becky Glibbans gave a satirical keckle at this.
1822. Galt, Provost, xii. 94–5. ‘I’ gude faith,’ cried the Bailie, with a keckle of exultation, ‘here’s proof enough now.’
1871. W. Alexander, Johnny Gibb, xlvi. (1873), 257. A bit keckle o’ a lauch.
