"Chortle" was a nonce word when it was first created, but now it's a regular English word.
Source: tatoeba (11024685)
Chortle
//ˈt͡ʃɔɹtəl//
Synonyms for "chortle" (63 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (31)
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1 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
25 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- кикотене noun (joyful, somewhat muffled laugh)
- кикотя се verb (to laugh with a chortle or chortles)
Dutch
1 entries- luidruchtig grinniken, verkneukelen noun (joyful, somewhat muffled laugh)
Finnish
3 entries- hörötys noun (joyful, somewhat muffled laugh)
- hörähtää (momentane) verb (to laugh with a chortle or chortles)
- höröttää verb (to laugh with a chortle or chortles)
French
2 entries- gloussement noun (joyful, somewhat muffled laugh)
- glousser verb (to laugh with a chortle or chortles)
German
2 entries- Glucksen noun (joyful, somewhat muffled laugh)
- glucksen verb (to laugh with a chortle or chortles)
Hungarian
1 entries- kuncog noun (joyful, somewhat muffled laugh)
Icelandic
2 entries- hneggja af hlátri verb (to laugh with a chortle or chortles)
- rýta af hlátri verb (to laugh with a chortle or chortles)
Norwegian
4 entries- humring noun (joyful, somewhat muffled laugh)
- klukklatter noun (joyful, somewhat muffled laugh)
- snøfting noun (joyful, somewhat muffled laugh)
- humre verb (to laugh with a chortle or chortles)
Polish
1 entries- rechotać noun (joyful, somewhat muffled laugh)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- cerekanje noun (joyful, somewhat muffled laugh)
Spanish
4 entries- carcajada noun (joyful, somewhat muffled laugh)
- risa resoplante noun (joyful, somewhat muffled laugh)
- carcajear verb (to laugh with a chortle or chortles)
- reírse resoplando verb (to laugh with a chortle or chortles)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
He frequently interrupted himself with chortles while he told us his favorite joke.
Source: wiktionary
The old fellow chortled as he recalled his youthful adventures.
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'O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.
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