chortle

Speech parts

1. chortle - Noun

2. chortle - Verb

laugh quietly or with restraint

a soft partly suppressed laugh

Source: WordNet

chuckle laugh softly crow twitter snort hee-haw laugh laughter smile laughing roar grin simper shriek giggle

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howl bawl cry outcry blubber lament

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A good chortle has been found to reduce pain. Source: Internet

I worry that many readers might think the above is cockamamie (what’s new? readers chortle). Source: Internet

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