κιχλάζω

A. titter, giggle, Ar. Nu. 983, Theoc. 11.78, AP 5.244 (Maced.); κιχλίζουσα καὶ μωκωμένη Alciphr. 1.33, 3.27, cf. 74; guffaw, μέζον ἵππου κ. Herod. 7.123: metaph., [ἡδονὴ] σεσαρυῖα καὶ κιχλίζουσα Ph. 2.265:—Med., Ar. Fr. 333.4. (Prop. chirp like a thrush, Gramm. ap. Valck.Animadv. ad Ammon. p.175 who writes κιχλάζω: wrongly expld. as eat κίχλαι, live luxuriously, Sch.Ar. Nu. 979.)