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to chortle
01
to laugh in a quiet, partly restrained way, often showing amusement or delight
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
action verb
regular
present tense
chortle
3rd person singular
chortles
present participle
chortling
past simple
chortled
past participle
chortled
Examples
He chortled softly at the joke.
Chortle
01
a muffled or partly suppressed laugh, usually expressing mild amusement
Grammatical Information
animacy status
abstract
Composition
Compound
countable
plural form
chortles
Examples
A chortle escaped her as she read the text message.
