chortle

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

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026

“I am trying to say it publicly to make sure he sees it,” Rogen says with his trademark chortle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2025

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

There may well come a time when, like me, you’ll need to keep a stack handy wherever you go, but” — he gave a little chortle — “I don’t think you’re quite there yet.”

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling

"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

It’s scathing; it made me snort rage chortles aloud as I read.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2023

“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

“We’re going to be okay,” DeShon chortles, hopping ahead rapidly.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Muguruza regrouped and the crowd chortled, a fitting reaction at a tournament where the outlook has been decidedly cheerful, albeit with aging star players contemplating how many sips they might have left.

From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 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

“If they were consultants,” Wilson chortled, “they were not earning their fees.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2019

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

From Slate ● May 23, 2019

“You’ll have to do better than that,” Cory chortled from on high.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon

“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

“If Rishi Sunak can’t keep his own dog on a leash how is he going to keep the big dog Boris Johnson on one?” the caller asked, leaving the radio host chortling.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2023

When they’re pleased or excited, they emit a noise called a dook — a rapid-fire chortling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2022

An hour later, on his way to chow, Nolen was still chortling about it and cracking himself up.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover