# chortling

Pronunciation: US say "CHORT-ling" /ˈt͡ʃɔɹtlɪŋ/; UK say "CHAWT-ling" /ˈt͡ʃɔːtlɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of chortle. — present participle and gerund of chortle
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of chortle. Use it after is or was, or to talk about the laughing itself.
   - _The audience kept chortling long after the comedian had moved on to the next joke._
   - _He hung up the phone, still chortling over his friend's terrible pun._

## Noun

2. The act of letting out a chortle, a joyful, muffled laugh like a snorting chuckle.
   - Simple: Laughing with a happy, quiet, snorting laugh.
   - _Amid the chortling of the old friends, nobody heard the doorbell._
   - _His smug chortlings at every mistake I made finally drove me out of the room._

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