chortling
Meaning of chortling
verb, gerund or present participle
- laugh in a noisy, gleeful way.
he chortled at his own execrable pun
1871: coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking Glass ; probably a blend of chuckle and snort.
Information about chortling
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of chortling
chortling
- It consists of 1 syllables and 9 chars.
- chortling is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
chortling 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 chortling
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