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Definition of Giggle

1. Verb. Laugh nervously. "The girls giggled when the rock star came into the classroom"

Definition of Giggle

1. v. t. To laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; to laugh in a light, affected, or silly manner; to titter with childish levity.

2. n. A kind of laugh, with short catches of the voice or breath; a light, silly laugh.

Definition of Giggle

1. Verb. To laugh gently or in a high-pitched voice; to laugh in a silly or giddy way. ¹

2. Noun. A high-pitched, silly laugh. ¹

3. Noun. (informal) Amusement. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Giggle

1. to laugh in a silly manner [v -GLED, -GLING, -GLES]

Medical Definition of Giggle

1. 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) Origin: Akin to gaggle: cf. OD. Ghichelen, G. Kichern. A kind of laugh, with short catches of the voice or breath; a light, silly laugh. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Giggle

Literary usage of Giggle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Kate Beaumont by John William De Forest (1872)
"If there is a human figure more pitiably ludicrous than an old beau crazy after fresh girls, who sack him and avoid him and giggle at him, it is him to do ..."

2. The Songs and Ballads of Cumberland: To which are Added Dialect and Other by Sidney Gilpin (1866)
"Come neighbours, awhile leave your labours and care, And follow tight Andrew to giggle-down Fair, Such din and diversion you never did see As to-day—if you ..."

3. A new pronouncing dictionary of the Spanish and English languages by Mariano Velázquez de la Cadena, Edward Gray, Juan L. Iribas (1902)
"Bisa falsa, ahogada; risa convulsiva; acción de reírse sin motivo, tontamente. giggle .... giggle ..."

4. ... The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1892)
"Her voice is strident, her laugh too much like a giggle, and she has that foolish way of dancing and bobbing like a quill-float with a "minnum" bitin§ the ..."

5. A Londoner's Log-book, 1901-1902 by George William Erskine Russell (1903)
"But at this moment a half-checked giggle burst from the corner where Bertha had been sitting, and I heard young Bumpstead on the stairs informing the waiter ..."

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