What does chortle mean?
It is a noun that means to laugh because you are amused or pleased by something.
How do you pronounce it?
[chawr-tl]
or
[chor·tle]
Where does it come from?
We can thank Lewis Carroll for this delightful word. It is a combination of two words: chuckle and snort. Lewis Carroll used the term chortle in his book, Through the Looking-Glass (1871).
How do you use it?
Whenever the girl told a joke, her uncle let out a huge chortle.