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chortle
chortle
English
Noun
chortle (plural chortles)
- A joyful, somewhat muffled laugh, rather like a snorting chuckle.
- He frequently interrupted himself with chortles while he told us his favorite joke.
Synonyms
Translations
joyful, somewhat muffled laugh
Verb
chortle (third-person singular simple present chortles, present participle chortling, simple past and past participle chortled)
- (intransitive) To laugh with a chortle or chortles.
- The old fellow chortled as he recalled his youthful adventures.
- 1871 — Lewis Carroll, Jabberwocky
- 'O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.
Synonyms
- chuckle
- See also Wikisaurus:laugh