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chortle

British pronunciation/t‍ʃˈɔːtə‍l/
American pronunciation/ˈtʃɔɹtəɫ/
to chortle
[VERB]
MAIN VERB
1

laugh quietly or with restraint

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Chortle
[NOUN]
1

a soft partly suppressed laugh

synonyms : chuckle
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Examples
1He chortled in his joy.
2If the dead could giggle with delight, then the dead philosopher would have chortled with glee.
3He chortled, "Maybe that's what they had done in the executive branch because some of those Nixon officials couldn't see it with their naked eyes!"
4You just know he's chortling in joy with it.
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