'Chortle' definitions:
Definition of 'chortle'
(from WordNet)
noun
A soft partly suppressed laugh [syn: chortle, chuckle]
verb
Laugh quietly or with restraint [syn: chuckle, chortle, laugh softly]
Definition of 'Chortle'
From: GCIDE
- Chortle \Chor"tle\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Chortled; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chor"tling}.] A word coined by Lewis Carroll (Charles L. Dodgson), and usually explained as a combination of chuckle and snort. [Humorous]
- O frabjous day ! Callooh ! Callay ! He chortled in his joy. --Lewis Carroll. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]