Associations to the word «Chortle»

Wiktionary

CHORTLE, noun. A joyful, somewhat muffled laugh, rather like a snorting chuckle.
CHORTLE, verb. (intransitive) To laugh with a chortle or chortles.

Dictionary definition

CHORTLE, noun. A soft partly suppressed laugh.
CHORTLE, verb. Laugh quietly or with restraint.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats