chortles
Meaning of chortles
verb, 3rd person present
- laugh in a noisy, gleeful way.
he chortled at his own execrable pun
- a noisy, gleeful laugh.
Thomas gave a chortle
1871: coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking Glass ; probably a blend of chuckle and snort.
Information about chortles
- The singular form of chortles is: chortle.
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Hyphenation of chortles
chor-tles
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- chortles is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
chortles synonyms
Meaning laugh quietly or inwardly:
Meaning make the spontaneous sounds and movements of the face and body that are the instinctive expressions of lively amusement and sometimes also of derision:
Meaning laugh lightly and repeatedly in a silly way, from amusement, nervousness, or embarrassment:
Meaning give a short, half-suppressed laugh; giggle:
Meaning laugh in a half-suppressed, typically scornful way:
Meaning laugh loudly and heartily:
Meaning laugh in a loud, harsh way:
Meaning a large bird with mostly glossy black plumage, a heavy bill, and a raucous voice:
Words that rhyme with chortles
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