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Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of chortle.
Etymologies
- Blend of chuckle and snort.
Examples
“Silence, then chortling from the zebras somewhere on the endless plain.”
“This book gets funnier and funnier and there'll be much chortling from the convenience, mark my words and you'll also finally sort out that Dambusters thing about turning your hands into goggles while you sing”
“Here's Bush kind of chortling and smiling, and there's Gore looking dour and unhappy and really kind of horrible.”
CNN Transcript - Special Event: Election 2000 Presidential Debate: The Spin Room - October 12, 2000
“Some of the scientists were forced to admit to poor behavior, such as chortling about the death of one climate skeptic.”
“I'm sure you do as Have I Got News For You, Mock the Week and every other "topical news quiz" could hardly go a week without showing it and chortling over the imbecility of the US President.”
“Nevertheless, some fiery pit with a chortling devil holding a pitchfork had seemed more of a twisted Disney fantasy than anything else.”
“Journalists of the old school no doubt are chortling.”
The Huffington Post: Robert Weller: Why Was the Week-Long Amina Hoax Possible?
“Sometimes my schoolchildren take a book, glance at the first page, spend the next ten minutes giggling, chortling, and poking their friends, and then come back to me with the words, I couldn't get into it.”
“Much chortling and snark ensued when the larger world discovered the acronym is chatroom shorthand for two gay men looking for a third for group sex.”
“Some gals around the office were chortling about the husband in Garden Grove whose wife doped his victuals, strapped him to the bed, hacked off his willy with a carving knife and chucked the severed member in the disposal because "he deserved it.”
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