Chortling

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chortle \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.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]