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Chortle   /tʃˈɔrtəl/   Listen
Chortle

noun
1.
A soft partly suppressed laugh.  Synonym: chuckle.





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"Chortle" Quotes from Famous Books



... his happiness to have noticed Mrs. De Peyster's voice had it been a dozen-fold more unlike Matilda's than it was. "Yes!" he cried. "And wouldn't it surprise mother if she knew! Mother, sailing so unsuspiciously along on the Plutonia!" He gave a chortle of delight. "But oh, I say, Matilda," he cried ...
— No. 13 Washington Square • Leroy Scott
... Eli began to chortle, and Hannah stirred in her sleep, throwing both chubby arms over her head. Clutched tightly in her left hand they saw a ...
— The Little Mixer • Lillian Nicholson Shearon


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


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