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chortle

[ chawr-tl ]

verb (used without object)

chortled, chortling.
  1. to chuckle gleefully.


verb (used with object)

chortled, chortling.
  1. to express with a gleeful chuckle:

    to chortle one's joy.

noun

  1. a gleeful chuckle.

chortle

/ ˈ³Ùʃɔ˳ÙÉ™±ô /

verb

  1. intr to chuckle gleefully
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a gleeful chuckle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³¦³ó´Ç°ù³Ù±ô±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¦³ó´Ç°ùt±ô±ð°ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of chortle1

Blend of chuckle and snort; coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-Glass (1871)
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of chortle1

C19: coined (1871) by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-glass; probably a blend of chuckle + snort
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Example Sentences

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“I am trying to say it publicly to make sure he sees it,†Rogen says with his trademark chortle.

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"He used more expletives than I just did," Hancock chortles.

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Ken interjects in a flash, to chortles around the table.

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“OK, I think I can,†he relents, before chortling and adding: “I seriously don’t want to.â€

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A large crowd, boisterously enjoying a dip whilst chitchatting and chortling, or a quiet night at home with nothing but your dip and a ton of chips and crudite.

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