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chortle
(redirected from chortling)

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chortle about someone or something and chortle over someone or something
to chuckle or giggle about someone or something funny. I was chortling about Elaine's silly puppy for a long time. Elaine chortled about me and my dislike for cats.

chuckle with something and chortle with something

to giggle in some manner because one is gleeful or happy. He chuckled with unsuppressed mirth at the antics of the strangely dressed people. Sally chortled with glee at the thought of Ken slipping on the ice.
See also: chuckle


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In a nutshell: If the mere utterance of dirty words gets you chortling, here's your show.
It was a pretty appealing Dreamworld populated with animals and friends but as soon as we added Editors, then the question of Reviewers arose, and next came Ex-husbands and Real Estate Developers and finally it was Republicans, and then the whole grandiose concept dissolved and we gave it up, chortling still.
Ultra-conservative Catholics, meanwhile, are chortling with glee.
 
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