giggle

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  1. intransitive verb To laugh with repeated short, spasmodic sounds.
  2. transitive verb To utter while giggling.
  3. noun A short, spasmodic laugh.

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Examples (47)

  • You could hand that black bouquet to your girlfriend for a giggle, and if she got huffy, then you could just bring it back, have it weighed, and get a return-deposit for the yellow dust The ongoing street drama was a tonic for the neighborhood. —  FSF,January2007
  • He made some sort of sound like a giggle, and launched out at the young trouble-shooter again Startled, Tink O'Neil side-stepped, spun away from the groping, huge arms. —  085 - The Spotted Men
  • * I always knew I was her favorite ... giggle giggle giggle* —  Knowledge is Power
  • First there's a giggle, then a few more giggles that turn into a low rumble. —  The Buffalo News: Home
  • Nevertheless that one with the kitten and the flower keeps making me giggle, and I'm not learning Russian now just to be able to stop giggling. —  MetaFilter Projects
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

chuckle ·  gasp ·  squeal ·  titter ·  cackle ·  sob ·  guffaw ·  smirk ·  snort ·  whimper ·  shriek ·  merriment

Used in the same contextWord Family

giggle:   giggles ·  giggled ·  giggling
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Of imitative origin.

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  1. An imitative variation of gaggle, q. v. Cf. cackle, equivalent to gaggle, and sometimes to giggle; German kichern, Old Dutch ghichelen, giggle. Cf. also Latin cachinnare, laugh: see cachinnation.
  2. from giggle, v.
 

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