CHORTLE

chortle, chuckle

(noun) a soft partly suppressed laugh

chuckle, chortle, laugh softly

(verb) laugh quietly or with restraint

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

chortle (plural chortles)

A joyful, somewhat muffled laugh, rather like a snorting chuckle.

A similar sounding vocalisation of various birds.

Synonyms

• chuckle

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.

Synonyms

• 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



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