0 to laugh, showing pleasure and satisfaction:
1 a laugh of pleasure and satisfaction:
She suppressed an embarrassed chortle.
2 to laugh with pleasure and satisfaction
Vincent gave a jubilant chortle and laid his hand on her head.
For old hands, it will be familiar enough to raise the odd chortle or weary smile.
Those who knew him will never forget that inimitable chortle and the glint of fun in his eyes.
I had a small chortle at the rubber stamp.
His vocabulary seems to be limited to grunts and chortles.
