Chuckle vs. Chortle

Chucklenoun

A quiet laugh.

Chuckleverb

To laugh quietly or inwardly.

Chuckleverb

(transitive) To communicate through chuckling.

Chuckleverb

To make the sound of a chicken; to cluck.

Chuckleverb

To call together, or call to follow, as a hen calls her chickens; to cluck.

Chuckleverb

To fondle; to indulge or pamper.

Chuckleverb

To call, as a hen her chickens; to cluck.

Chuckleverb

To fondle; to cocker.

Chuckleverb

To laugh in a suppressed or broken manner, as expressing inward satisfaction, exultation, or derision.

Chucklenoun

A short, suppressed laugh; the expression of satisfaction, exultation, or derision.

Chucklenoun

a soft partly suppressed laugh

Chuckleverb

laugh quietly or with restraint

Chortlenoun

A joyful, somewhat muffled laugh, rather like a snorting chuckle.

Chortlenoun

A similar sounding vocalisation of various birds.

Chortleverb

(intransitive) To laugh with a chortle or chortles.

Chortleverb

A word coined by Lewis Carroll (Charles L. Dodgson), and usually explained as a combination of chuckle and snort.

Chortlenoun

a soft partly suppressed laugh

Chortleverb

laugh quietly or with restraint

Chortleverb

laugh in a noisy, gleeful way

Chortlenoun

a noisy, gleeful laugh

Chortle

Chortle is a British comedy website launched in 2000 by Steve Bennett. The site is a major source of comedy news in the UK. It also reviews comedy shows nationwide, including extensively at the annual Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and presents the Chortle Awards to honour the best stand-up comics working in the UK. In recent years, the site has also branched out into events promotion.