Meaning of GIGGLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'gigul
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- [n] a foolish or nervous laugh
- [v] laugh nervously
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| | Synonyms: | | titter |
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| | See Also: | | express joy, express mirth, laugh, laugh, laughter | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Gig"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Giggled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Giggling}.] [Akin to gaggle: cf. OD. ghichelen, G. kichern.]
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.
A kind of laugh, with short catches of the voice or breath; a
light, silly laugh.
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| | Related Terms: | | be in stitches, belly laugh, boff, boffola, break up, burst into laughter, burst of laughter, burst out, burst out laughing, burst with laughter, bust a gut, cachinnate, cachinnation, cackle, chortle, chuckle, convulsion, crow, fit of laughter, gales of laughter, go into convulsions, guffaw, ha-ha, hearty laugh, hee-haw, hee-hee, hilarity, ho-ho, Homeric laughter, horselaugh, joke, laugh, laugh it up, laugh outright, laughing, laughter, nearly die laughing, outburst of laughter, peal of laughter, prank, risibility, roar, roar of laughter, roar with laughter, shake like jelly, shake with laughter, shout, shout of laughter, shriek, snicker, snigger, sniggle, snort, split, split with laughter, tee-hee, titter, twitter, yuck, yuk-yuk |
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