giggle
(noun) a foolish or nervous laugh
giggle, titter
(verb) laugh nervously; “The girls giggled when the rock star came into the classroom”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
giggle (third-person singular simple present giggles, present participle giggling, simple past and past participle giggled)
To laugh gently or in a high-pitched voice; to laugh in a silly or giddy way.
• (laugh in a silly way): titter
• See also laugh
giggle (plural giggles)
A high-pitched, silly laugh.
(informal) Fun; an amusing episode.
• (laugh): titter
• (amusement): amusement, fun, a joke, a laugh or laughs
Source: Wiktionary
Gig"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Giggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Giggling.] Etym: [Akin to gaggle: cf. OD. ghichelen, G. kichern.]
Definition: To laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; to laugh in a light, affected, or silly manner; to titter with childish levity. Giggling and laughing with all their might At the piteous hap of the fairy wight. J. R. Drake.
Gig"gle, n.
Definition: A kind of laugh, with short catches of the voice or breath; a light, silly laugh.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 April 2025
(noun) the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals
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