Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chortle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chortle \Chor"tle\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Chortled}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Chor"tling}.]
A word coined by Lewis Carroll (Charles L. Dodgson), and
usually explained as a combination of chuckle and snort.
[Humorous]
O frabjous day ! Callooh ! Callay ! He chortled in his
joy. --Lewis
Carroll.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chortle
n : a soft partly suppressed laugh [syn: {chuckle}]
v : laugh quietly or with restraint [syn: {chuckle}, {laugh
softly}]
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