chortle

I'll miss our chats and I'll miss catching him off guard and making him chortle.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026

If Kate DiCamillo wrote a book about a box of Swiffer refills, it would probably make us chortle and sob about lint.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2023

Now, a new, more virile chortle has risen to take its place.

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2023

The rest of us will be content to drool at each of Bertha's fabulous dresses or chortle at Agnes' quick comebacks.

From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2022

Though we talked quietly, the waitress heard, and her high chortle was quickly muffled in the kitchen.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

"With a wig and a moustache," he chortles, while wearing the sort of sheepskin coat that even Del Boy might have rejected on taste grounds.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

The name Hank McCune may be lost to history, but his short-lived television sitcom will forever be remembered for its chuckles, chortles, giggles and guffaws.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

“What’s that shiny ring you got there? … Well, OK, I’m not gonna take it from you. That seems really precious to you,” he says as the audience chortles.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2023

As Christmas chortles atop an all-terrain vehicle while wielding a .50 caliber weapon, it looks like the whole thing could have been shot with rear projection, the green-screen work is so shoddy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2023

The hens spilled out of the doorway and started pecking at the grass with little chortles of glee.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones

“I mean it is,” Ms Barrymore said, and they chortled.

From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2021

Right now, the general feeling toward Pence among Trump allies is sympathy, said one Republican in frequent touch with the White House, who chortled and said, “Poor guy.”

From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2021

It’s something of an inside joke and every time he punched the line, everyone chortled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2019

Stoya: I straight-up chortled when I was reading the question through for the first time.

From Slate ● May 23, 2019

Nearly Headless Nick chortled so much that his ruff slipped and his head flopped off, dangling on the inch or so of ghostly skin and muscle that still attached it to his neck.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

“OK, I think I can,” he relents, before chortling and adding: “I seriously don’t want to.”

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2024

Soon enough, I was chortling right alongside him.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2023

Rogers, for her part, is chortling all the way to her campaign treasurer’s office.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2023

A romance that can make a reader laugh aloud is a treat, especially if that book causes uncontrolled chortling in public, or punctures the silence of an otherwise quiet space.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 3, 2022

I toss carrot bits into the cage, and a shaving-flying scuffle breaks out, finally settling into happy chortling and chewing sounds.

From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord