Word.ws English Dictionary

snortle

/ˈsnɔɹtəl/

snortle verb: to give a hearty laugh that is punctuated by a snort on the inhale.

Verb

snortle (third-person singular simple present snortles, present participle snortling, simple past and past participle snortled)

  1. (slang) To give a hearty laugh that is punctuated by a snort on the inhale.
    • Hannah looked quite elegant in her gown until she snortled and champagne came out of her nose.

Noun

snortle (plural snortles)

  1. (Internet, slang) A hearty laugh that is punctuated by a snort on the inhale.

Forms of snortle

Verb
third-person singular presentsnortles
present participlesnortling
past participlesnortled
pastsnortled
Noun
pluralsnortles

Origin of snortle

Blend of snort + chortle.

Questions about snortle

What does snortle mean?
Snortle means to give a hearty laugh that is punctuated by a snort on the inhale.
What part of speech is snortle?
Snortle can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce snortle?
Snortle is pronounced /ˈsnɔɹtəl/.
What is the past tense of snortle?
The past tense of snortle is snortled.

Words near snortle in the dictionary

  1. snortiest
  2. snortin'
  3. snorting
  4. snortingly
  5. snortings
  6. snortle
  7. snortled
  8. snortles
  9. snortling
  10. Snorton
  11. snorts

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: snortle (page history and authors). 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.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: En-au-snortle.ogg.

Cite this entry: “snortle.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/snortle. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.