giggle

giggle
gig|gle1 [ˈgıgəl] v past tense and past participle giggled present participle giggling
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: From the sound]
to laugh quickly, quietly, and in a high voice, because something is funny or because you are nervous or embarrassed
▪ If you can't stop giggling you'll have to leave the room.
giggle 2
giggle2 [i]n
1.)
a quick, quiet, high-sounding laugh
▪ 'Catch me if you can,' she said with a giggle.
▪ Vicky suppressed a nervous giggle .
▪ He looked so ridiculous I got the giggles (=started to giggle) .
▪ Soon the whole group had the giggles .
▪ Margaret was seized by a fit of the giggles (=she could not stop giggling) .
give sb the giggles
(=make someone start giggling)
2.) a giggle
BrE informal something that you think is fun to do that will not hurt anyone or anything
▪ Go on, it'll be a giggle!

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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Synonyms:
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