The meaning of Chortle

verb

Laugh in a loud, harsh way.

Usage examples:

She cackled with laughter

noun

A loud, harsh laugh.

Usage examples:

Her delighted cackle

verb

To make the loud sound of a chicken, or (of a person) to laugh or talk in a loud, high voice

Usage examples:

The hens cackled in alarm., he burst into cackles of laughter.

verb

Laugh quietly or inwardly.

Usage examples:

I chuckled at the astonishment on her face

noun

A quiet or suppressed laugh.

Usage examples:

Melissa gave a chuckle

verb

To laugh quietly

Usage examples:

She was chuckling as she read the letter., i always get a chuckle out of the doonesbury comic strip.

noun

A large bird with mostly glossy black plumage, a heavy bill, and a raucous voice.

Usage examples:

He said the proliferation of corvids birds like grey crows, magpies and rooks could be directly lin…

verb

(of a cock) utter its characteristic loud cry.

Usage examples:

She was awakened in the mornings by cocks crowing

noun

The cry of a cock.

Usage examples:

Beware of the bark of a dog or crow of a cock at night, for they signify death.

verb

Laugh lightly and repeatedly in a silly way, from amusement, nervousness, or embarrassment.

Usage examples:

They giggled at some private joke

noun

A light, silly laugh.

Usage examples:

But the chortles, chuckles and giggles are part of a much more serious project.

noun

A loud and hearty laugh.

Usage examples:

Bleak as the film is, there is occasional respite in the script, drawing wry smiles rather than hea…

verb

Laugh loudly and heartily.

Usage examples:

Both men guffawed at the remark

verb

Make the spontaneous sounds and movements of the face and body that are the instinctive expressions of lively amusement and sometimes also of derision.

Usage examples:

He rarely smiled or laughed

noun

An act of laughing.

Usage examples:

She gave a loud, silly laugh

verb

To make the sounds and movements of the face and body that express happiness or amusement, or that sometimes express ridicule or anxiety

Usage examples:

The audience just laughed and laughed., that guy always makes me laugh., when i made a face at drew…

verb

Laugh in a half-suppressed, typically scornful way.

Usage examples:

The boys at school were sure to snigger at him behind his back

noun

A half-suppressed, typically scornful laugh.

Usage examples:

We heard the sniggers caused by their little jokes

verb

To laugh at someone or something in a silly and often unkind way

Usage examples:

They spent half the time sniggering at the clothes people were wearing., what are you two sniggerin…

exclamation

Used in writing or sometimes in spoken language to represent the sound of laughter

Usage examples:

It sounds funny! tee hee!, he giggled. "tee-hee."

verb

Give a short, half-suppressed laugh; giggle.

Usage examples:

Her stutter caused the children to titter

noun

A short, half-suppressed laugh.

Usage examples:

There were titters from the gallery

verb

To laugh in a nervous and quiet way

Usage examples:

Some kids tittered at the boys who were making faces in class., there were titters from the audienc…