Dictionary
chor•tle
Pronunciation: (chôr'tl), [key]
—v., -tled, -tling,
—n.
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v.i.
to chuckle gleefully.
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v.t.
to express with a gleeful chuckle:
to chortle one's joy.
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n.
a gleeful chuckle.
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