About The Word Chortle
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Chortle
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What's The Definition Of Chortle?
[n] a soft partly suppressed laugh
[v] laugh quietly or with restraint Synonyms | Synonyms for Chortle: chuckle | chuckle | laugh softly Related Terms | Find terms related to Chortle: be in stitches | belly laugh | boff | boffola | break up | burst into laughter | burst of laughter | burst out | burst out laughing | burst with laughter | bust a gut | cachinnate | cachinnation | cackle | chuckle | convulsion | crow | fit of laughter | gales of laughter | giggle | go into convulsions | guffaw | ha-ha | hearty laugh | hee-haw | hee-hee | hilarity | ho-ho | Homeric laughter | horselaugh | laugh | laugh it up | laugh outright | laughing | laughter | nearly die laughing | outburst of laughter | peal of laughter | risibility | roar | roar of laughter | roar with laughter | shake like jelly | shake with laughter | shout | shout of laughter | shriek | snicker | snigger | sniggle | snort | split | split with laughter | tee-hee | titter | yuck | yuk-yuk See Also | express joy | express mirth | laugh | laugh | laughter Chortle In Webster's Dictionary \Chor"tle\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Chortled}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Chor"tling}.]
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.
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