Word "CHORTLE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
laugh quietly or with restraint
Synonyms:
chuckle, laugh softly

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a soft partly suppressed laugh
Synonyms:
chuckle

Crossword Clues for CHORTLE

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Titter (7) The Guardian Quick 29 Aug 2025
Laugh noisily (7)
Lot Cher diverted getting to laugh noisily (7)
Laugh gleefully Mirror Tea Time 09 Apr 2025
Chuckle gleefully (7) The Guardian Speedy 09 Mar 2025
Chuckle when clan has to leave crumbling concert hall (7)
Laugh when the torch breaks, a little heartlessly (7)
Not a lot Cher could change but she could chuckle gleefully (7)
I leave the choir and let it become dispersed with a chuckle (7)
Laugh gets hotel customer extremely upset
Loud chuckle first heard from Lewis Carroll (7)
Word for a gleeful chuckle coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-glass (7)
Laugh gleefully Mirror Tea Time 29 Aug 2024
Laugh in church, or let out? The Sun Two Speed 16 Aug 2024
Gleeful chuckle The Sun Two Speed 16 Aug 2024
Charlotte not at liberty to laugh (7)
Laugh quietly or with restraint (7)
Laugh as wobbly Hector quaffs litres (7)
A gleeful laugh from Lewis Carroll (7)
Giggle gleefully (7)
Gurgling laugh (7)
Hard work interrupted by openings for trilling light laugh The Times Quick Cryptic 01 Jun 2024
Laugh at the child, or let fly (7)
Laugh as desperate Hector grabs line The Sun Two Speed 26 Apr 2024
Laugh at routine task hiding till regularly (7)
Chuckle joyfully The Sun Two Speed 26 Apr 2024
Kind of laugh (portmanteau word invented by Lewis Carroll) (7)
Laugh quietly (7)
Laugh (7) Puzzler 25 Feb 2024
Laugh merrily The Times Concise 12 Feb 2024
Extremes of toil involved in task, crack up (7)
Guffaw as broken hero gets TLC
Merry laugh
Laugh when sloshed Hector drinks litre
Laugh softly The Guardian Quick 14 Oct 2022
Laugh gleefully The Times Concise 31 Aug 2022
Express glee seeing officer caught up in boring duty
Express glee seeing officer caught up in boring duty The Guardian Cryptic 26 May 2022
Laugh gleefully The Times Concise 20 Apr 2022
Laugh when officer turns up, interrupting task
Gleeful laugh The Times Concise 19 May 2021
Chuckle The Telegraph Quick 11 Apr 2021
Laugh with little time left in tedious job
Renovated Chevrolet, 'less English version': that's a laugh
Laugh as silly Hector grabs line The Sun Two Speed 19 Dec 2020
Gleeful chuckle The Sun Two Speed 19 Dec 2020
... stupid clothier I sacked for snigger The Telegraph Toughie 10 Dec 2020
Renovated Chevrolet, ‘less English version': that's a laugh
Laugh when her colt misbehaves The Sun Two Speed 13 Jun 2020
Laugh and talk intermittently during task The Telegraph Cryptic 20 May 2020
Noisy laugh The Guardian Speedy 26 Apr 2020
Boring work interrupted by extremely tuneful laugh
Time left to be engaged in task? What a laugh!
Laugh gleefully The Times Concise 27 Sep 2019
Time learner's invested in task? It's a laugh
Time learner's invested in task? It's a laugh
Laugh gleefully Universal 03 Apr 2019
Laugh gleefully
Laugh as desperate Hector grabs novice The Sun Two Speed 21 Sep 2018
Indian thief let out a gleeful laugh
Chuckle joyfully The Sun Two Speed 01 Jun 2018
Chuckle gleefully Premier Sunday 29 Apr 2018
React in amusement The Washington Post Sunday 04 Mar 2018
Treat hero with tender loving care? That's a laugh
Boring job involving empty toil produces expression of joy The Telegraph Toughie 19 Jan 2018
Laughter: difficult job suppressing this laughter initially The Telegraph Toughie 03 Jan 2018
Gleeful laugh Thomas Joseph 05 May 2017
Satisfied laugh The Chronicle of Higher Education 03 Feb 2017
Laugh The Telegraph Quick 31 Jan 2017
Satisfied laugh
Her colt needs breaking. That's a laugh!
Laugh gleefully USA Today 03 Dec 2016
Guffaw Eugene Sheffer 26 Nov 2016
… laugh about direction taken by pocket
Titter The Telegraph Quick 24 Sep 2016
Time learner in onerous task — and chuckle gleefully The Times Cryptic 05 Sep 2016
Retiring officer engaged in boring work? What a laugh!
Joyful laugh The Washington Post 17 Jul 2016
Gleeful laugh The Washington Post 19 Jun 2016
Gleeful laugh Premier Sunday 16 Aug 2015
Laugh and talk regularly during dull task The Telegraph Cryptic 24 Jul 2015
Jabberwockian laugh
Gleeful laugh
See 58-Across LA Times Daily 01 Jan 2015
See 58-Across
Carroll had on record this laugh's etymological origins
23 without one let out a laugh!
Laugh coined by Lewis Carroll in "Jabberwocky"
Laugh in exultation
Jabberwockian laugh
Portmanteau word coined by Lewis Carroll that's a happy sound
"Through the Looking-Glass" laugh
Word for a laugh coined by Lewis Carroll in "Jabberwocky"
Satisfied laugh
Satisfied laugh
Chuckle softly
Gleeful laugh
Gleeful laugh
Laugh gleefully
"Heh-heh," for one
Laugh gleefully, as upon slaying the Jabberwock
Sound of amusement
Victor's laugh
Laugh
Chuckle gleefully
Laugh
What one does on a frabjous day.
A word from Lewis Carroll.
Utter with glee à la Lewis Carroll.
Gleeful sound, à la Lewis Carroll.
Gleeful sound.
Laugh, à la Lewis Carroll.
Lewis Carroll word.
"Jabberwocky" portmanteau that entered popular usage
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