chortle

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (General American) enPR: chôr'təl, IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɔɹtəl/, [ˈt͡ʃɔɹɾɫ̩] Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)təl === Noun === chortle (plural chortles) A joyful, somewhat muffled laugh, rather like a snorting chuckle. A similar sounding vocalisation of various birds. ==== Synonyms ==== chuckle ==== Translations ==== === Verb === chortle (third-person singular simple present chortles, present participle chortling, simple past and past participle chortled) (intransitive) To laugh with a chortle or chortles. ==== Synonyms ==== chuckle See also Thesaurus:laugh ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====