The definition of a chortle is a chuckle or breathy, gleeful laugh. The breathy laugh you make when someone is tickling you is an example of a chortle. To chortle is to laugh in a breathy and joyful way. When someone is tickling you and you make a snorting chuckle sound, this is an example of a time when you chortle.
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Climate change is likely to have significant impacts on our society, environment and economy, at every scale from local to global. We need to be proactive in assessing the potential impacts and consequences of climate change, and in implementing timely adaptation action.t is important that we reduce the risks from climate change to society, environment and economy, and take advantage of opportunities that climate change brings.