chortle
- to chuckle gleefully.
- to express with a gleeful chuckle: to chortle one's joy.
- a gleeful chuckle.
Origin of chortle
Related Words for chortling
snicker, giggle, cackle, chuckle, crow, titter, snort, guffaw, hee-haw, sniggleExamples from the Web for chortling
Contemporary Examples of chortling
The glee and chortling that greeted Mr. Smith is a sign of bitterness and a focus on the past rather than the future.
But they are chortling about how ham-handed Burson's PR guys were.
Historical Examples of chortling
"'Course they'll all get together to-morrow and have it in for us," said the Gutter Pup, chortling.
Skippy BedelleOwen Johnson
A faint hoot came to them through the chortling of the wind.
The Pillar of LightLouis Tracy
They were chortling, pointing at each other, mugging for the camera.
MakersCory Doctorow
"Yes," said the other, chortling over the "copy" his colleagues were missing.
The Postmaster's DaughterLouis Tracy
It was then that Gwendolyn heard the nurse muttering and chortling to herself.
The Poor Little Rich GirlEleanor Gates
chortle
- (intr) to chuckle gleefully
- a gleeful chuckle
Word Origin for chortle
Word Origin and History for chortling
chortle
coined 1872 by Lewis Carroll in "Through the Looking Glass," perhaps from chuckle and snort. Related: Chortled; chortling. As a noun, from 1903.