chortle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: chortle	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for chortle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chortle n a soft partly suppressed laugh Synonym(s): chortle, chuckle v laugh quietly or with restraint [syn: chuckle, chortle, laugh softly]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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 chortled in his joy. --Lewis Carroll.