chortle

“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

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

A little accented voice rose from Zeke’s knee with a chortle.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness

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

Everyone chortles and then moves on, but it's a silly joke that actually does have a well-intentioned meaning behind it when it comes to the bright condiment and ingredient.

From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2023

“Never thought I’d be in a sleeping bag on the ground,” chortles Kelvin.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

His small crowd chortled and ate it up.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

Last night, they visited the nest perched high up in a Jeffrey pine tree and chortled together, “which was good to see,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2026

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

They chortled delightedly to themselves while I tried to come up with a different song to sing.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

“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

Once she got busy with that, she stopped squawking and started making her little chortling noises again.

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