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giggle
[ gig-uhl ]
verb (used without object)
- to laugh in a silly, often high-pitched way, especially with short, repeated gasps and titters, as from juvenile or ill-concealed amusement or nervous embarrassment.
giggle
/ ˈɡɪɡəl /
verb
- intr to laugh nervously or foolishly
noun
- such a laugh
- informal.something or someone that provokes amusement
- the gigglesa fit of prolonged and uncontrollable giggling
- for a giggle informal.as a joke or prank; not seriously
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Derived Forms
- ˈgiggler, noun
- ˈgiggly, adjective
- ˈgigglingly, adverb
- ˈgiggling, nounadjective
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Other Words From
- giggler noun
- giggling·ly adverb
- giggly adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of giggle1
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Example Sentences
They will shriek and giggle, half-scared and half-delighted, when their father pretends to be a monster that will eat them up.
The Golden Girls can make you giggle, then wipe a tear, in a twenty-second span.
The second he does, her giggle sends the Queen of Spades cascading to the brown tile floor below.
I spend waking hours in a fog of delirium, punctuated by uncontrollable giggle fits, heart palpitations, and mental anguish.
But Camille had to play her part—so she got mad at Sebastian on camera, trying not to giggle through the scene.
She laughed a little hollow laugh—a poor little, weak, stagey giggle.
Others will receive every observation with a little hysterical giggle.
Chasing close behind the musical contagion of his deep guffaws followed the softer, gentler giggle of the dainty pink-veiled lady.
Although used to the nonsense of the children, Sarah couldn't entirely repress a giggle as Kitty glared at her.
Here Mrs. Twitchel looked up from her knitting, with apologetic giggle at Mrs. Brown.
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