• His rapt audience, 16 Indian cricket players in blue blazers, chortled in approval, and later took turns to pump the general's hand.
• My wife chortled and guffawed too, but neither of us can explain why it works.
• You've probably chortled to yourself as you realised your mistake.

Synonyms

• But the chortles, chuckles and giggles are part of a much more serious project.
• The moments when the camera zooms in on Max's conniving face usually sparked a chortle of laughter from my son.
• All laughter is highly stereotyped, and our giggles, chortles, and guffaws - even if their context or sonic structure conveys irony or other emotional nuances - are variations on one basic theme.