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Webster 1913 Edition


Giggle

Gig′gle

,
Verb.
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

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

Webster 1828 Edition


Giggle

GIG'GLE

,
Noun.
A kind of laugh, with short catches of the voice or breath.

GIG'GLE

,
Verb.
I.
To laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; to laugh in a silly, puerile manner; to titter; to grin with childish levity or mirth.