Today's Word "chortle"
To express with a snorting chuckle
chortle \CHOR-tl\ (transitive and intransitive verb) - To utter, or express with, a snorting, exultant laugh or chuckle.
(noun) - A snorting, exultant laugh or chuckle.
"Kip punctuated each of his sarcastic remarks with his customary, derisive chortle."
Chortle a combination of chuckle and snort. It was coined by Lewis Carroll (Charles L. Dodgson), in Through the Looking-Glass, published in 1872.
(noun) - A snorting, exultant laugh or chuckle.
"Kip punctuated each of his sarcastic remarks with his customary, derisive chortle."
Chortle a combination of chuckle and snort. It was coined by Lewis Carroll (Charles L. Dodgson), in Through the Looking-Glass, published in 1872.
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