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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions chortle noun  A joyful, somewhat muffled laugh, rather like a snorting chuckle. He frequently interrupted himself with chortles while he told us his favorite joke. verb (chortl, ing) (intransitive) To laugh with a chortle or chortles. The old fellow chortled as he recalled his youthful adventures. 1871 " w:Lewis Carroll, Lewis Carroll, http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Jabberwocky Jabberwocky :'O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. Etymology: Coined by w:Lewis Carroll, Lewis Carroll in his poem w:Jabberwocky, Jabberwocky, perhaps as a portmanteau of (term, chuckle) and (term, snort).      Full Definition of chortle  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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