chortle

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Pronunciation

• (America) enPR: chôr'təl, IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɔɹtəl/, [ˈt͡ʃɔɹɾɫ̩]

Noun

chortle (plural chortles)

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

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

2. A similar sounding vocalisation of various birds.

Synonyms

• chuckle

Translations

• French: gloussement
• German: glucksen, chortle
• Italian: chortle
• Spanish: carcajada

Verb

chortle (chortles, present participle chortling; past and past participle chortled)

1. (intransitive) To laugh with a chortle or chortles.

   The old fellow chortled as he recalled his youthful adventures.

   • 1871 — Lewis Carroll, Jabberwocky ↗

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

Synonyms

• chuckle
• See also Thesaurus:laugh

Translations

• French: glousser

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