Chortle is a cross between a chuckle and a snort. Chortle was first mentioned in "Through the Looking-Glass" by Lewis Carroll, in 1872. This word is sometimes call a blend, when you blend two words together.
When someone chortles, they chuckle. A chortle is a breathy laugh.
giggling, snickering, chortling, chuckling, guffawing
"Giggle" is usually used to mean a small high-pitched laugh. "Titter" is very similar to this meaning. Other words that could be used similarly to giggle are "chortle", "chuckle", and "snicker".
Chortle is a snorting type of laugh. When she heard a funny joke, Leslie would chortle and make the rest of us laugh! The boy suppressed a chortle when his teacher sat in the glue."He chortled in his joy!" (Lewis Carroll) He chortled annoyingly at his own joke. The kids chortled when the teacher told a joke. "Do not chortle while I am teaching!" She said, after she found the children chortling over a passed note.
chuckle
The origin of chortle is 1871: coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking Glass; probably a blend of chuckle and snort.
The word "chortle" could be made with letters "ltceroh".
From the Free Online Dictionary:chor·tle (chôrtl) n.A snorting, joyful laugh or chuckle.intr. & tr.v. chor·tled, chor·tling, chor·tlesTo utter a chortle or express with a chortle.
When someone chortles, they chuckle. A chortle is a breathy laugh.
giggling, snickering, chortling, chuckling, guffawing
There is no record of how Carroll invented the word 'chortle' but, according to Martin Gardner, the Oxford English Dictionary defines it as a combination of 'chuckle' and 'snort'.
"Giggle" is usually used to mean a small high-pitched laugh. "Titter" is very similar to this meaning. Other words that could be used similarly to giggle are "chortle", "chuckle", and "snicker".
To chuckle is to laugh quietly or inwardly. Some synonyms would be giggling, snicker, chortle, titter, or tee hee.
Chortle is a snorting type of laugh. When she heard a funny joke, Leslie would chortle and make the rest of us laugh! The boy suppressed a chortle when his teacher sat in the glue."He chortled in his joy!" (Lewis Carroll) He chortled annoyingly at his own joke. The kids chortled when the teacher told a joke. "Do not chortle while I am teaching!" She said, after she found the children chortling over a passed note.
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