different between giggling vs chortle

English

Verb

giggling

1. present participle of giggle

Noun

giggling (plural gigglings)

1. The act of producing giggles; high-pitched laughter
   • 1959, Boys' Life (volume 49, number 5, May 1959, page 56)

     Once there, he blushingly went through the procedure, having to fold and refold the flag about three times, to the twitterings and gigglings of twelve little girls.

English

Etymology

Perhaps a blend of chuckle +? snort. Coined by Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky, first published in 1855 but only introduced to the public in his 1871 novel Through the Looking-Glass.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: chôr't?l, IPA^(key): /?t????t?l/, [?t???????]

• Rhymes: -??(r)t?l

Noun

chortle (plural chortles)

1. A joyful, somewhat muffled laugh, rather like a snorting chuckle.

   He frequently interrupted himself with chortles while he told us his favorite joke.

2. A similar sounding vocalisation of various birds.

Synonyms

• chuckle

Translations

Verb

chortle (third-person singular simple present chortles, present participle chortling, simple past and past participle chortled)

1. (intransitive) To laugh with a chortle or chortles.

   The old fellow chortled as he recalled his youthful adventures.

   • 1871 — Lewis Carroll, Jabberwocky

     'O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.

Synonyms

• chuckle
• See also Thesaurus:laugh

Translations