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chortle
[ chawr-tl ]
verb (used without object)
chortled, chortling.
- to chuckle gleefully.
verb (used with object)
chortled, chortling.
- to express with a gleeful chuckle:
to chortle one's joy.
noun
- a gleeful chuckle.
chortle
/ ˈʃɔːə /
verb
- intr to chuckle gleefully
noun
- a gleeful chuckle
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Derived Forms
- ˈǰٱ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ǰt noun
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ 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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“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.”
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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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