c 3 h 4 o 1 r 1 t 1 l 1 e 1
7 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a soft partly suppressed laugh
verb laugh quietly or with restraint
originPerhaps a blend of chuckle + snort. Coined by Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky, completed in 1855 but only introduced to the public in his 1871 novel Through the Looking-Glass.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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