chortler

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

chor•tle /ˈtʃɔrtəl/   v., -tled, -tling, n. 
v. 

1. to chuckle gleefully: [no object]
   She chortled quietly to herself.
   [~ + object]
   to chortle one's joy.

n. [countable]

2. a gleeful chuckle.

chor•tler, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

chor•tle  (chôr′tl), v., -tled, -tling, n. 
v.i. 

1. to chuckle gleefully.

v.t. 

2. to express with a gleeful chuckle:
   to chortle one's joy.

n. 

3. a gleeful chuckle.

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

chor′tler, n.