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chortle
/ˈt͡ʃɔɹtəl/
noun
A joyful, somewhat muffled laugh, rather like a snorting chuckle.
"He frequently interrupted himself with chortles while he told us his favorite joke."
A similar sounding vocalisation of various birds.
Synonymschuckle
verb
To laugh with a chortle or chortles.
"The old fellow chortled as he recalled his youthful adventures."
Synonymschuckle
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