A joyful, somewhat muffled laugh, rather like a snorting chuckle. / A similar sounding vocalisation of various birds.

(intransitive) To laugh with a chortle or chortles.

plural of chortle

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chortle

simple past tense and past participle of chortle

present participle of chortle

The act of giving a chortle.

plural of chortling

Someone who chortles

plural of chortler