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- noun Plural form of
chortle . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
chortle .
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Examples
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"When Elizabeth 'chortles' in that fashion you may be sure there's mischief in her mind," Felix remarked, eyeing me severely.
We Ten Or, The Story of the Roses Barbara Yechton 1901
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He softly tastes the words, chortles, "Thank you."
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Disbelieving chortles over forecasts of an abrupt change will die away as temperatures fall sharply from the pleasantly unseasonal 18.6C 65.4F reached on Sunday in Southampton and the Royal Horticultural Society's gardens at Wisley, Surrey.
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Actually," Hearn chortles, "the English bloke who owns the Hard Rock Cafe in Vegas called and said, 'What about bringing your boys to my hotel?'
Barry Hearn: Apart from Leyton Orient, everything is turning a profit 2011
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"So Ashley falls apart - again," Seabiscuit chortles.
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He sucks in his cheeks and chortles with the glee of a guy who just found a twenty on the sidewalk.
Ann Landi: Dating After Divorce: Geezer Dates Ann Landi 2011
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"Derek Hatton continues to defend the rights of contextually scouse workers, then," chortles Devin Till of the entry at 4. 51pm.
Bolton Wanderers v Liverpool - as it happened! Tom Bryant 2010
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The Huffington Post noted the references as well as more "jokes" in the same vein (including a video of Cooper's jape, over which David Gergen cluelessly chortles).
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He sucks in his cheeks and chortles with the glee of a guy who just found a twenty on the sidewalk.
Ann Landi: Dating After Divorce: Geezer Dates Ann Landi 2011
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Ross Douthat chortles now that that Democrats are in power, they actually have to run things instead of having to bollix things up for the Republicans.
Ruling vs. Governing 2009
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