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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 chor·tle /ˈʧɔrtḷ/
 (vi.)咯咯笑得意的高笑

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Chor·tle v. t. & i.  [imp. & p. p. Chortled p. pr. & vb. n. Chor"tling ] A word coined by Lewis Carroll (Charles L. Dodgson), and usually explained as a combination of chuckle and snort. [Humorous]
 O frabjous day ! Callooh ! Callay !
 He chortled in his joy.    --Lewis Carroll.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 chortle
      n : a soft partly suppressed laugh [syn: chuckle]
      v : laugh quietly or with restraint [syn: chuckle, laugh
          softly]