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How to pronounce chortle in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms chuckle, laugh softly
Type of express joy, express mirth, laugh
Type Words
Synonyms chuckle
Type of laugh, laughter

Examples of chortle

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At first they throb and chortle through the spring countryside on a huge 700-cc.
From the time.com
Chortle at the kids'antics after they've been reprimanded and are out of earshot.
From the fresnobee.com
If anyone saw what I had done, they were kind enough to chortle behind my back.
From the pe.com
To this, Rubin lets out a freewheeling chortle to punctuate the ridiculousness.
From the latimes.com
If $190 million are insufficient funds to win a championship, feel free to chortle.
From the usatoday.com
Do you chortle with glee at the thought of people on benefits having their money cut?
From the guardian.co.uk
A Republican in my bones, I am unable to chortle at the fall of Bert Lance.
From the time.com
Chortle has stayed with us, while galumph appears to have gone the way of gyre and gimble.
From the nytimes.com
Members of the Laughter Yoga group chuckle and chortle for 45 minutes.
From the telegraph.co.uk
More examples
  • A soft partly suppressed laugh
  • Chuckle: laugh quietly or with restraint
  • Laughter is an audible expression of happiness, or an inward feeling of joy. It may ensue from jokes, tickling or other stimuli. It is in most cases a very pleasant sensation.
  • A joyful, somewhat muffled laugh, rather like a snorting chuckle; To laugh with a chortle or chortles
  • To chuckle gleefully (lewis carrol) sesameSt..