Usually means: Laughing with a snort sound.
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We found 30 dictionaries that define the word chortle:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. chortle: Merriam-Webster
  2. chortle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. chortle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. chortle: Collins English Dictionary
  5. chortle: Vocabulary.com
  6. Chortle, chortle: Wordnik
  7. chortle: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. chortle: Wiktionary
  9. chortle: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. chortle: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. chortle: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Chortle, chortle: Dictionary.com
  13. chortle: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. chortle: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Chortle (website), Chortle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. chortle: Rhymezone
  17. chortle: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. chortle: FreeDictionary.org
  19. chortle: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. Chortle: The Word Detective
  21. chortle: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. chortle: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  23. chortle: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. chortle: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. CHORTLE: Acronym Finder
  2. chortle, chortle: A Word A Day
  3. chortle: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. chortle, the chortle: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See chortled as well.)

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  A joyful, somewhat muffled laugh, rather like a snorting chuckle.
▸ noun:  A similar sounding vocalisation of various birds.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To laugh with a chortle or chortles.

Similar:
chuckle, laugh softly, snigger, sniggling, giggle, snortle, laugh, guffaw, snicker, titter, more...

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chuckle, guffaw, snicker, cackle, more...

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Chortle Awards, more...

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little, deep, loud, low, soft, good, short, curious, gleeful, happy, small

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Similar:
chuckle, laugh softly, snigger, sniggling, giggle, snortle, laugh, guffaw, snicker, titter, more...

Types:
chuckle, guffaw, snicker, cackle, more...

Phrases:
Chortle Awards, more...

Adjectives:
little, deep, loud, low, soft, good, short, curious, gleeful, happy, small

Colors:
    periwinkle,     lavender,     mint green,     coral,     sky blue, more...



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