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Chortle   /tʃˈɔrtəl/   Listen
Chortle

noun
1.
A soft partly suppressed laugh.  Synonym: chuckle.
verb
(past & past part. chortled; pres. part. chortling)
1.
Laugh quietly or with restraint.  Synonyms: chuckle, laugh softly.






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"Chortle" Quotes from Famous Books



... chortle, and Hannah stirred in her sleep, throwing both chubby arms over her head. Clutched tightly in her left hand they saw a rosary of ...
— The Little Mixer • Lillian Nicholson Shearon

... seat. He leaned forward, and watched Newman with hawklike intensity. But Newman gave him little cause to chortle; his head dropped again upon his breast, and he ...
— The Blood Ship • Norman Springer



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