chortle

Etymology
Perhaps a. Coined by Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky, completed in 1855 but only introduced to the public in his 1871 novel .

Noun

 * 1) A joyful, somewhat muffled laugh, rather like a snorting chuckle.
 * 2) A similar sounding vocalisation of various birds.
 * 1) A similar sounding vocalisation of various birds.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: luidruchtig grinniken, verkneukelen
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Norwegian: humring, klukklatter, snøfting
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * 1)  To laugh with a chortle or chortles.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:laugh
 * See also Thesaurus:laugh

Translations

 * Bulgarian: кикотя се
 * Finnish:, hörähtää
 * French:
 * German:
 * Icelandic: hneggja af hlátri, rýta af hlátri
 * Kannada: Kushiada Nage
 * Norwegian:, klukkle, snøfte