Read this excerpt from Ogden Nash's poem, "The Boy Who Laughed at Santa Claus"
Like whooping cough, from child to child,
He sped to spread the rumor wild:
'Sure as my name is Jabez Dawes
There isn't any Santa Claus!'
Slunk like a weasel of a marten
Through nursery and kindergarten,
Whispering low to every tot,
'There isn't any, no there's not!'
The children wept all Christmas eve
And Jabez chortled up his sleeve.
No infant dared hang up his stocking
For fear of Jabez' ribald mocking.
Another word that could be used for “chortled” would be:
a. snorted
b. cried
c. shoved
d. snickered
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Jabez Dawes is laughing at the kids in a mean manner. We need a word that means as close to laughing as possible. Even if you do not know what snickered means, you should be able to rule out the other three. d. is the correct answer.
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