chortle

chor·tle  (chôrtl)

n.

A snorting, joyful laugh or chuckle.

intr. & tr.v. chor·tled, chor·tling, chor·tles

To utter a chortle or express with a chortle.

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[Blend of chuckle and snort.]

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chortler n.

Word History: "'O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy." Perhaps Lewis Carroll would chortle a bit himself to find that people are still using the word chortle, which he coined in Through the Looking-Glass, published in 1872. In any case, Carroll had constructed his word well, combining the words chuckle and snort. This type of word is called a blend or a portmanteau word. In Through the Looking-Glass Humpty Dumpty uses portmanteau to describe the word slithy, saying, "It's like a portmanteauthere are two meanings packed up into one word" (the meanings being "lithe" and "slimy").

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chortle [ˈtʃɔːt^əl]

vb

(intr) to chuckle gleefully

n

a gleeful chuckle

[coined (1871) by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-glass; probably a blend of chuckle + snort]

chortler  n

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chortle - Probably a blend of chuckle and snort, coined by Lewis Carroll.

See also related terms for snort.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	chortle - a soft partly suppressed laugh chuckle laugh, laughter - the sound of laughing
Verb	1.	chortle - laugh quietly or with restraint chuckle, laugh softly express joy, express mirth, laugh - produce laughter

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chortle

verb

chuckle, laugh, cackle, guffaw He began chortling like an idiot.

noun

chuckle, laugh, cackle, guffaw The old man broke into a wheezy chortle of amusement.

Translations

chortle [ˈtʃɔːtl]

A. N → risa f alegre

B. VI → reírse alegremente
to chortle over sth → reírse satisfecho por algo

chortle [ˈtʃɔː^rt^əl] vi → glousser

chortle

vi → gluckern, glucksen; he was chortling over the article → er lachte in sich hinein or vor sich hin, als er den Artikel las

n → Gluckser m

chortle [ˈtʃɔːtl] vi → ridacchiare, fare risolini