chortle
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
noun
verb
noun
Other Word Forms
- chortler noun
Etymology
Origin of chortle
Blend of chuckle and snort; coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-Glass (1871)
Example Sentences
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I’d scoff and chortle and avoid it, thinking that water was superfluous, extraneous, not something that would “make or break” whatever it was I was cooking.
From Salon • Jan. 31, 2024
If Kate DiCamillo wrote a book about a box of Swiffer refills, it would probably make us chortle and sob about lint.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2023
Now, a new, more virile chortle has risen to take its place.
From Slate • Aug. 10, 2023
She starts laughing heartily, and her mirth becomes infectious, causing everyone she meets to giggle and chortle, too, including the white passengers on a train, her white employers and the Black congregants at her church.
From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2022
Havermeyer would chortle exultantly as he watched the tiny mammal freeze and roll its terrified eyes about in frantic search of the intruder.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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