
WORD HISTORY "'O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy." Perhaps Lewis Carroll would chortle a bit himself to find that people are still using the word chortle, which he coined in Through the Looking-Glass, published in 1872. In any case, Carroll had constructed his word well, combining the words chuckle and snort. This type of word is called a blend or a portmanteau word. In Through the Looking-Glass Humpty Dumpty uses portmanteau to describe the word slithy, saying, "It's like a portmanteau-there are two meanings packed up into one word" (the meanings being "lithe" and "slimy").
verb

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - le, klukle
v. intr. - klukle
n. - kluklatter
Nederlands (Dutch)
grinniken, gegrinnik
Français (French)
v. tr. - glousser, rire
v. intr. - glousser, gloussement, rire de
n. - gloussement
Deutsch (German)
v. - kichern
n. - Kichern, Glucksen
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - καγχάζω, χαχανίζω
n. - καγχασμός, χάχανο
Italiano (Italian)
ridacchiare, riso
Português (Portuguese)
v. - rir
n. - risada (f)
Русский (Russian)
давиться от смеха, фыркание
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - reír entre dientes
v. intr. - reírse entre dientes
n. - risitas, risa ahogada
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - skrocka
n. - skrockande
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
以欢笑声调唱或说出, 咯咯笑, 得意的高笑
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 以歡笑聲調唱或說出
v. intr. - 咯咯笑
n. - 得意的高笑
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 깔깔 웃다, 우쭐해지다
v. intr. - 깔깔 웃다, 우쭐해지다
n. - 의기 양양함
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 声高に笑う, 大得意になる
n. - 得意の高笑い
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يقهقه (الاسم) قهقهه
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - צחק בקול
v. intr. - צחק בקול
n. - צחוק רם
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