chortle [chawr-tl]
verb (used without object), chortled, chortling.
1.to chuckle gleefully.
verb (used with object), chortled, chortling.
2. to express with a gleeful chuckle:
to chortle one's joy.
noun
3. a gleeful chuckle.
Origin of chortle
blend of chuckle and snort; coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-Glass (1871)
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