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1. (v.i.) giggle
to laugh in a silly, often high-pitched way, esp. with short, repeated gasps and titters, as from ill-concealed amusement or nervous embarrassment.
2. (n.) giggle
a silly, spasmodic laugh; titter; snicker.
Etymology: (1500–10; imit.; cf. D gigelen, G gickeln. See -le)
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| Definition of 'giggle' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) giggle
a foolish or nervous laugh
2. (verb) giggle, titter
laugh nervously
"The girls giggled when the rock star came into the classroom"
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1. (verb) giggle
to laugh in a silly way
The boys giggled and pointed at us.; a nervous giggle
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) giggle
a kind of laugh, with short catches of the voice or breath; a light, silly laugh
2. (verb) giggle
to laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; to laugh in a light, affected, or silly manner; to titter with childish levity
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Sense: to laugh in a nervous or silly way.
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 Afrikaans: giggel |
 Arabic: يَضْحَكُ ضِحْكَةً بَلْهاء |
 Bulgarian: кикотя се |
 Brazilian: dar risadinhas |
 Czech: hihňat se, chichotat se |
 German: kichern |
 Danish: fnise |
 Greek: χαχανίζω |
 Spanish: reírse tontamente, dar la |
 Estonian: itsitama |
 Farsi: هر هر خندیدن |
 Finnish: hihittää |
 French: rire nerveusement |
 Hebrew: לצחקק |
 Hindi: मन्द-मन्द हंसना |
 Croatian: smijuljiti se, hihotati |
 Hungarian: vihog |
 Indonesian: tertawa cekikikan |
 Icelandic: flissa |
 Italian: ridacchiare |
 Japanese: くすくす笑う |
 Korean: 낄낄 웃다 |
 Lithuanian: kikenti |
 Latvian: ķiķināt |
 Malay: ketawa berdekit-dekit |
 Dutch: giechelen |
 Norwegian: fnise, knise |
 Polish: chichotać |
 Persian: هر هر خندیدن |
 Pashto: سپكه احمقانه خندا |
 Portuguese: dar risadinhas |
 Romanian: a râde nervos |
 Russian: хихикать |
 Slovak: chichotať sa |
 Slovenian: hihitati se |
 Serbian: kikotati se |
 Swedish: fnissa, fnittra |
 Thai: หัวเราะคิกคัก |
 Turkish: kıkırdamak, kıkır kıkır g |
 Taiwanese: 咯咯笑，傻笑 |
 Ukrainian: хихотіти |
 Urdu: دبی دبی ہنسی کی آواز نکال |
 Vietnamese: cười rúc rích |
 Chinese: 咯咯地笑，傻笑 |
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