chortle
Meanings
Noun
- A joyful, somewhat muffled laugh, rather like a snorting chuckle.
- A similar sounding vocalisation of various birds.
Verb
- To laugh with a chortle or chortles.
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Origin
- Perhaps a . Coined by Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky, first published in 1855 but only introduced to the public in his 1871 novel Through the Looking-Glass.
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