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chortle
(redirected from chortling)

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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.

[Blend of chuckle and snort.]

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").

chortle [ˈtʃɔːtəl]
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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.chortle - a soft partly suppressed laugh
laugh, laughter - the sound of laughing
Verb1.chortle - laugh quietly or with restraint
express joy, express mirth, laugh - produce laughter

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. Nrisa f alegre
B. VIreírse alegremente
to chortle over sthreírse satisfecho por algo
chortle [ˈtʃɔːrtəl] viglousser
chortle
vigluckern, glucksen; he was chortling over the articleer lachte in sich hinein or vor sich hin, als er den Artikel las
nGluckser m
chortle [ˈtʃɔːtl] viridacchiare, fare risolini
chortle [ˈtʃɔːtl] viridacchiare, fare risolini


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In a nutshell: If the mere utterance of dirty words gets you chortling, here's your show.
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