chortling

Variant of chortle

intransitive verb, transitive verb chortled, chortling

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

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

noun

such a sound

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