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chortle

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chor·tle

[chawr-tl] verb, -tled, -tling, noun
verb (used without object)
1.
to chuckle gleefully.
verb (used with object)
2.
to express with a gleeful chuckle: to chortle one's joy.

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pertaining to or affecting two or both sides
to irritate, annoy, or provoke; to sting as a thorny nettle does
noun
3.
a gleeful chuckle.

Origin:
blend of chuckle and snort; coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-Glass (1871)

chor·tler, noun
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  • Chortle has stayed with us, while galumph appears to have gone the way of gyre and gimble.
  • If you find a typo, allow yourself a brief chortle of superiority.
  • We're the animal that wants to laugh, wants to unlock itself through a chuckle and a chortle.
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chortle (ˈtʃɔːtəl)
 
vb
1.  (intr) to chuckle gleefully
 
n
2.  a gleeful chuckle
 
[C19: coined (1871) by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-glass; probably a blend of chuckle + snort]
 
'chortler
 
n

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chortle
coined 1872 by Lewis Carroll in "Through the Looking Glass," probably from chuckle and snort.
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