chortle
verb (used without object)
to chuckle gleefully.
had been chortling
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past perfect progressiveof chortle.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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So every one had been chortling through several scenes before the significance of their laughter occurred to them.
From The Phantom Herd by B. M. Bower
