Meaning of CHORTLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'chortl
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- [n] a soft partly suppressed laugh
- [v] laugh quietly or with restraint
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| | Synonyms: | | chuckle, chuckle, laugh softly |
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| | See Also: | | express joy, express mirth, laugh, laugh, laughter | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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