Usually means: Laughing with snorting, joyful sound.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word chortling:

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  1. chortling: Merriam-Webster
  2. chortling: Collins English Dictionary
  3. chortling: Vocabulary.com
  4. chortling: Wordnik
  5. chortling: Wiktionary
  6. Chortling, chortling: Dictionary.com
  7. chortling: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  8. chortling: FreeDictionary.org
  9. chortling: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. chortling: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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  1. chortling: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (chortling)

▸ noun:  The act of giving a chortle.

Similar:
chuckle, laugh softly, chittering, sniggering, snickering, chockling, sniggling, chidling, giggling, chaffing, more...

Opposite:
sobbing, crying, weeping, mourning, lamenting

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Similar:
chuckle, laugh softly, chittering, sniggering, snickering, chockling, sniggling, chidling, giggling, chaffing, more...

Opposite:
sobbing, crying, weeping, mourning, lamenting



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