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Chortle   /tʃˈɔrtəl/   Listen
Chortle

verb
(past & past part. chortled; pres. part. chortling)
1.
Laugh quietly or with restraint.  Synonyms: chuckle, laugh softly.





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"Chortle" Quotes from Famous Books



... the town heard Watts McHurdie's song of triumph—the chortle that every male creature of the human kind instinctively lets out when he has found favour in some woman's eyes, that men have let out since Lemech sang of victory over the young man to Adah and Zillah! And in all the town no one knew what it meant. ...
— A Certain Rich Man • William Allen White


Words linked to "Chortle" :   laughter, express mirth, express joy, laugh, laugh softly


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