chortle, chuckle
(noun) a soft partly suppressed laugh
chuckle, chortle, laugh softly
(verb) laugh quietly or with restraint
Source: WordNet® 3.1
chortle (plural chortles)
A joyful, somewhat muffled laugh, rather like a snorting chuckle.
A similar sounding vocalisation of various birds.
• chuckle
chortle (third-person singular simple present chortles, present participle chortling, simple past and past participle chortled)
(intransitive) To laugh with a chortle or chortles.
• chuckle
• See also laugh
Source: Wiktionary
Chor"tle, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Chortled; p. pr. & vb. n. Chor"tling.]
Definition: A word coined by Lewis Carroll (Charles L. Dodgson), and usually explained as a combination of chuckle and snort. [Humorous]
O frabjous day ! Callooh ! Callay ! He chortled in his joy. Lewis Carroll.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 February 2025
(noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
