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chortle definition

chor·tle (c̸hôrt′'l)

intransitive verb, transitive verb chortled -·tled, chortling -·tling

to make, or utter with, a gleeful chuckling or snorting sound

Etymology: coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking Glass, prob. chuckle + snort

noun

such a sound

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