chortle
/ˈt͡ʃɔɹtəl/
chortle noun: a joyful, somewhat muffled laugh, rather like a snorting chuckle.
Noun
chortle (plural chortles)
- A joyful, somewhat muffled laugh, rather like a snorting chuckle.
- He frequently interrupted himself with chortles while he told us his favorite joke.
- A similar sounding vocalisation of various birds.
Verb
chortle (third-person singular simple present chortles, present participle chortling, simple past and past participle chortled)
- To laugh with a chortle or chortles.
- The old fellow chortled as he recalled his youthful adventures.
- 'O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.1871, Lewis Carroll, Jabberwocky
chortle meaning in Hindi and Malayalam
chortle in Hindi
- joyful, somewhat muffled laugh
- ठहाका ṭhahākā
chortle in Malayalam
- chuckle, laugh, giggle
- അമർത്തിച്ചിരിക്കുക, അടക്കിച്ചിരിക്കുക, അടക്കിപ്പിടിച്ചു ചിരിക്കുക, കൊക്കിച്ചിരിക്കുക, ഊറിച്ചിരിക്കുക, ശബ്ദത്തോടെ അമർത്തിച്ചിരിക്കുക
Synonyms of chortle
Forms of chortle
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | chortles |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | chortles |
| present participle | chortling |
| past participle | chortled |
| past | chortled |
Origin of chortle
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.
Words formed from chortle
Words that rhyme with chortle
Questions about chortle
- What does chortle mean?
- Chortle means a joyful, somewhat muffled laugh, rather like a snorting chuckle.
- What is chortle in Hindi?
- Chortle in Hindi is ठहाका (ṭhahākā). See Chortle meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is chortle?
- Chortle can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce chortle?
- Chortle is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɔɹtəl/ (US).
- What is the plural of chortle?
- The plural of chortle is chortles.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chortle (page history and authors); chortle (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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