chortles

Meaning of chortles

verb, 3rd person present
  1. laugh in a noisy, gleeful way.
    he chortled at his own execrable pun
plural noun
  1. a noisy, gleeful laugh.
    Thomas gave a chortle

1871: coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking Glass ; probably a blend of chuckle and snort.

Information about chortles

  • The singular form of chortles is: chortle.
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Hyphenation of chortles

chor-tles

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • chortles is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

chortles synonyms

Meaning laugh quietly or inwardly:

chuckle

Meaning make the spontaneous sounds and movements of the face and body that are the instinctive expressions of lively amusement and sometimes also of derision:

laugh

Meaning laugh lightly and repeatedly in a silly way, from amusement, nervousness, or embarrassment:

giggle

Meaning give a short, half-suppressed laugh; giggle:

titter

Meaning laugh in a half-suppressed, typically scornful way:

snigger

Meaning laugh loudly and heartily:

guffaw

Meaning laugh in a loud, harsh way:

cackle

Meaning a large bird with mostly glossy black plumage, a heavy bill, and a raucous voice:

crow

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