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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : chawr-tl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtʃɔr tl |
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Définition of chortling
Origin :- coined 1872 by Lewis Carroll in "Through the Looking Glass," perhaps from chuckle and snort. Related: Chortled; chortling. As a noun, from 1903.
- verb laugh gleefully
- "'Course they'll all get together to-morrow and have it in for us," said the Gutter Pup, chortling.
- Extract from : « Skippy Bedelle » by Owen Johnson
- A faint hoot came to them through the chortling of the wind.
- Extract from : « The Pillar of Light » by Louis Tracy
- They were chortling, pointing at each other, mugging for the camera.
- Extract from : « Makers » by Cory Doctorow
- "Yes," said the other, chortling over the "copy" his colleagues were missing.
- Extract from : « The Postmaster's Daughter » by Louis Tracy
- It was then that Gwendolyn heard the nurse muttering and chortling to herself.
- Extract from : « The Poor Little Rich Girl » by Eleanor Gates
- In the hold, Kerk and Meta had opened some of the crates and were chortling with joy over their lethal contents.
- Extract from : « Deathworld » by Harry Harrison
- Chortling with glee, Charon tottered back to his station and put one hand across the beam of a photo-electric eye.
- Extract from : « Satan and the Comrades » by Ralph Bennitt
- Why, he was talking of his engagement to Mademoiselle Dormance two months ago and chortling over her shekels.
- Extract from : « Three Plays by Brieux » by Eugne Brieux
- Their dismal whooping and chortling, heard in the gloom of the night and the storm, were uncanny to say the least.
- Extract from : « A Busy Year at the Old Squire's » by Charles Asbury Stephens
- We camped there for noon, and though the mosquitoes were terrific we were all chortling with joy.
- Extract from : « The Trail of the Goldseekers » by Hamlin Garland
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