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Chortles
A joyful, somewhat muffled laugh, rather like a snorting chuckle.
📖 Definitions of "Chortles"
noun
- 1
A joyful, somewhat muffled laugh, rather like a snorting chuckle.
"He frequently interrupted himself with chortles while he told us his favorite joke."
- 2
A similar sounding vocalisation of various birds.
verb
- 1
To laugh with a chortle or chortles.
"The old fellow chortled as he recalled his youthful adventures."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Chortles"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| chucklenoun | A quiet laugh. |
| laugh softlyverb | laugh quietly or with restraint |
| cacklesnoun | A laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose. |
| chuckles | jelly candies coated with a light layer of sugar. |
| guffawsnoun | A boisterous laugh. |
| laughsverb | (intransitive) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter. |
| quipsnoun | A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort or comeback; a gibe. |
| snortsnoun | The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose. |
| tittersnoun | A nervous or somewhat repressed giggle. |
| smirksnoun | An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied, conceited or scornful. |
| laughternoun | The sound of laughing, produced by air so expelled; any similar sound. |
| sneersnoun | A facial expression where one slightly raises one corner of the upper lip, generally indicating scorn. |
| gigglesnoun | (with the) An attack of uncontrolled giggling. |
| sighsnoun | (intransitive) To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like. |
| mutters | a municipality in the Innsbruck-Land district in the Austrian state of Tyrol. |
| sniggeringnoun | The act of one who sniggers. |
| tsksnoun | (intransitive) To make a tsk sound of disapproval. |
| grinsnoun | (intransitive) To smile, parting the lips so as to show the teeth. |
| tutsnoun | — |
| mumblesnoun | A coastal suburb, community, and headland (Mumbles Head) in the City and County of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref ST6188). |
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