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

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What is the meaning of the word chortle?

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.


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The word "chortle" could be made with letters "ltceroh".


What does chortle mean?

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.


What do chortle means?

When someone chortles, they chuckle. A chortle is a breathy laugh.


Another word for laugh?

giggling, snickering, chortling, chuckling, guffawing


What words did Lewis Carroll combine to come up with the term 'chortle' in Through the Looking-Glass?

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'.


How do you use chortled in a sentence?

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.


What are characteristics of chortle?

A chortle is a type of laughter that combines a chuckle with a snort, usually indicating amusement or satisfaction. It is characterized by a joyful and sometimes mischievous tone. The sound of a chortle can vary from person to person.


What rhymes with portal?

chortle


What rhymes with chortle?

Hortle


What is a synonym for chortle?

chuckle


What is the synonym for laugh?

the other word for laughed is mocked, chuckled, snorted and hooted.