[CHOR-tl]

verb

To utter, or express with, a snorting, exultant laugh or chuckle.

This big bastard sitting behind us chortled when he overheard my girlfriend tell me about her affair with her doorman.


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Modern Language Association (MLA Style)

“Chortle.” The Effin’ Word, The Effin’ Word, https://effinwords.com/dictionary/chortle. Accessed 23 June 2025.

The Effin’ Word, s.v. “chortle”, accessed June 23, 2025, https://effinwords.com/dictionary/chortle.

The Effin’ Word. (n.d.). Chortle. In The Effin’ Word. Retrieved June 23, 2025, from https://effinwords.com/dictionary/chortle


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