Chortling
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Chortling is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of chortle.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of chortle.
More Meanings
- The act of giving a chortle.
Example Sentences
This “feminist chortling” (as she [Rebecca Solnit] calls it) about the disgraced royal is right in the bailiwick of the writer who virtually invented the term mansplaining.
She laughed—and then started, realizing how long it had been since she'd heard the sound of her own laughter. Real laughter, not the bitter chortlings she'd taken to indulging in.
Word Forms
- chortlings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include chittering, chuckling, sniggering, snickering, chockling, sniggling.
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