Chuckles afterwards about awkward hug (8)
I believe the answer is:
laughter
'chuckles' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are nouns, they are not in the same form of the noun.
'afterwards about awkward hug' is the wordplay.
'afterwards' becomes 'later' ('later' can be a synonym of 'afterwards').
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'awkward' is an anagram indicator.
'hug' with letters rearranged gives 'ugh'.
'later' going around 'ugh' is 'LAUGHTER'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for laughter that I've seen before include "Cackling" , "Manifestation of mirth" , "Guffaws" , "Manifestation of amusement" , "Hilarity" .)