chortlePronunciation: /ˈtʃɔːt(ə)l/Translate chortle | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of chortle verb [no object] laugh in a noisy, gleeful way:he chortled at his own execrable pun noun a noisy, gleeful laugh:Thomas gave a chortleOrigin: 1871: coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking Glass; probably a blend of chuckle and snortchortle in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of chortle in the US English dictionary
