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GIGGLES
Noun
giggles
plural of giggle
Noun
giggles pl (plural only)
(with "the") An attack of uncontrolled giggling.
Verb
giggles
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of giggle
Source: Wiktionary
GIGGLE
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
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