chortle
Meanings
Plural: chortles
Noun
- a soft partly suppressed laugh
- A joyful, somewhat muffled laugh, rather like a snorting chuckle.
- A similar sounding vocalisation of various birds.
Verb
- laugh quietly or with restraint
- To laugh with a chortle or chortles.
Origin / Etymology
Perhaps a blend of chuckle + snort. Coined by Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky, completed in 1855 but only introduced to the public in his 1871 novel Through the Looking-Glass.
Synonyms
chuckle, laugh softly
Scrabble Score: 12
chortle is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordchortle is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
chortle is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 13
chortle is a valid Words With Friends word