chortle

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A joyful, somewhat muffled laugh, rather like a snorting chuckle

He frequently interrupted himself with chortles while he told us his favorite joke.

To laugh with a chortle or chortles

'O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.

{f} laugh loudly, chuckle
a soft partly suppressed laugh
{i} chuckle, loud laughter
laugh quietly or with restraint
To chortle means to laugh in a way that shows you are very pleased. There was silence for a moment, then Larry began chortling like an idiot. Chortle is also a noun. He gave a chortle. to laugh because you are amused or pleased about something (chuckle + snort)
Dodgson, and usually explained as a combination of chuckle and snort
A word coined by Lewis Carroll Charles L
chortled
past of chortle
chortles
plural of chortle
chortles
third-person singular of chortle
chortling
present participle of chortle
chortle