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Laughing gleefully
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chortling
Word definitions for chortling in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chortle \Chor"tle\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Chortled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Chor"tling .] A word coined by Lewis Carroll (Charles L. Dodgson), and usually explained as a combination of chuckle and snort. O frabjous day ! Callooh ! Callay ! He chortled in his ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act of giving a chortle. vb. (present participle of chortle English)
Usage examples of chortling.
Can you not leave this—this obscene chortling and plotting to a later time?
It was the sound of the chairman of the board making a bone joke and everybody chortling because they have to.
Teasing was standard between the two men, and even Mort couldn't resist chortling when Robbie reminded him of the remark about Tinker Bell.
And in fact, as Robbie and his mother went on chortling over events here in the home, Evon realized that the same was true for him.
At night, lying -quietly in her bed, Ayla became aware of mysterious sounds that seemed to be coming from deep within the earth: grindings, poppings, chortlings, gurglings.
In the days that followed he heard occasional chuckling and whispering, which he at first dismissed as the chortlings of the children of Mara and Maya, intent upon his distractions.
At night, lying -quietly in her bed, Ayla became aware of mysterious sounds that seemed to be coming from deep within the earth: grindings, poppings, chortlings, gurglings.