Definitions for chortle

chortle chor·tle

Spelling: [chawr-tl]
IPA: /ˈtʃɔr tl/

Chortle is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 208 anagrams from letters in chortle (cehlort).

Definitions for chortle

noun

  1. a gleeful chuckle.

verb (used with object)

  1. to express with a gleeful chuckle:

verb (used without object)

  1. to chuckle gleefully.

Origin of chortle

blend of chuckle and snort; coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-Glass (1871)

Examples for chortle

Eli began to chortle, and Hannah stirred in her sleep, throwing both chubby arms over her head.

A dirty, yellow hand seized the bag; there was a chortle of exultation, and the two scurried out of the room.

He appeared also to be saying he had inside information about it that he could only chortle about, unable to spell it out.

It rose again—it was like a perplexing cheep and chirrup, changing to a chortle of glee.

Another of Lewis Carroll's words, chortle, is even more used.

They will not actually steal, but they will cheat you every time and chortle over it.

The Governor began to chortle after a quick glance at the vanishing red light of the Portsmouth car.

They can yawp and chortle and call me Skyrider as if it was a joke.

Lewis Carroll really did introduce the word “chortle” to the English language in his 1871 poem Jabberwocky.

Frighten me, floor me, then chortle with glee, And fly away fast from the gutter and me.

Word Value for chortle
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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