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Chortle — Chor tle, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Chortled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chor tling}.] A word coined by Lewis Carroll (Charles L. Dodgson), and usually explained as a combination of chuckle and snort. [Humorous] O frabjous day ! Callooh ! Callay ! He… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chortle — (v.) coined 1872 by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking Glass, probably from chuckle and snort. As a noun, from 1903 … Etymology dictionary
chortle — [v] laugh gleefully cackle, chuckle, crow, giggle, guffaw, hee haw*, snicker, sniggle, snort, teehee*, titter; concept 77 … New thesaurus
chortle — ► VERB ▪ laugh in a breathy, gleeful way. ► NOUN ▪ a breathy, gleeful laugh. ORIGIN coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking Glass; probably a blend of CHUCKLE(Cf. ↑chuckle) and SNORT(Cf. ↑snorter) … English terms dictionary
chortle — [chôrt′ l] vi., vt. chortled, chortling [coined by CARROLL Lewis in Through the Looking Glass, prob. CHUCKLE + SNORT] to make, or utter with, a gleeful chuckling or snorting sound n. such a sound chortler n … English World dictionary
Chortle Awards — The Chortle awards were set up in 2002 by the comedy website Chortle to honour the best of established stand up comics currently working in the UK. As of 2002, the Chortle Awards are the only UK based awards that solely honour the live work of… … Wikipedia
chortle — v. 1) (D; intr.) to chortle about, over 2) (D; intr.) to chortle with (to chortle with glee) * * * [ tʃɔːtl] over (D; intr.) to chortle about (D; intr.) to chortle with (to chortle with glee) … Combinatory dictionary
Chortle Student Comedian Of The Year — The Chortle Student Comedian of the Year is a national search of the UK s universities to find the funniest student , run by the comedy website Chortle, Heats take place in the spring term, and the event is open to students aged 18 years or over… … Wikipedia
chortle — UK [ˈtʃɔː(r)t(ə)l] / US [ˈtʃɔrt(ə)l] verb [intransitive] Word forms chortle : present tense I/you/we/they chortle he/she/it chortles present participle chortling past tense chortled past participle chortled literary to laugh because you are… … English dictionary
Chortle Student Comedian of the Year — The Chortle Student Comedian of the Year is a national search of the UK s universities to find the funniest student , run by the comedy website Chortle. Heats take place in the spring term, and the event is open to students aged 18 years or over… … Wikipedia
chortle — [[t]tʃɔ͟ː(r)t(ə)l[/t]] chortles, chortling, chortled VERB To chortle means to laugh in a way that shows you are very pleased. There was silence for a moment, then Larry began chortling like an idiot. N COUNT Chortle is also a noun. He gave a… … English dictionary