chortling
English edit
Verb edit
chortling
- present participle and gerund of chortle
Noun edit
chortling (plural chortlings)
- The act of giving a chortle.
- 2013, Ann Gimpel, Earth's Requiem:
- She laughed—and then started, realizing how long it had been since she'd heard the sound of her own laughter. Real laughter, not the bitter chortlings she'd taken to indulging in.