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giggle

[ gig-uhl ]

verb (used without object)

giggled, giggling.
  1. 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.

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noun

  1. a silly, spasmodic laugh; titter.

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  2. Slang. an amusing experience, incident, etc.:

    Going to a silly movie was always a giggle.

giggle

/ ˈɡɪɡə /

verb

  1. intr to laugh nervously or foolishly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. such a laugh
  2. informal.
    something or someone that provokes amusement
  3. the giggles
    a fit of prolonged and uncontrollable giggling
  4. for a giggle informal.
    as a joke or prank; not seriously
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ, noun
  • ˈ, adjective
  • ˈԲ, adverb
  • ˈԲ, nounadjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • g noun
  • gԲ· adverb
  • g adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of giggle1

1500–10; imitative; compare Dutch gigelen, German gickeln. See -le
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of giggle1

C16: of imitative origin
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So it was something of a branding problem when a video appeared on the internet earlier this year showing Halili on all fours wearing a minidress, while several other scantily-clad women dance around her, giggling.

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“Tom and I get along really well. We giggled like little kids in school between takes. I consider him a real friend. We shared intimate stories and challenges about our different lifestyles!!” he wrote.

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A security officer forced an 11-year-old girl to duct-tape her mouth shut at a Pasadena middle school because she was talking too loud and giggling during a lunch break, according to the girl’s father.

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This was the second paragraph: “ ‘Imagine if there was actually a fire,’ my desk partner giggled.

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You’re like, “what are you, a p—!” and when I cry, I giggle sometimes.

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