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.

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.

giggle

English

Verb

giggle ‎(third-person singular simple present giggles, present participle giggling, simple past and past participle giggled)

To laugh gently or in a high-pitched voice; to laugh in a silly or giddy way.
The jokes had them giggling like little girls all evening.

Synonyms

(laugh in a silly way): titter
See also Wikisaurus:laugh

Derived terms

giggly

Translations

laugh

Armenian:
Basque:
Bulgarian: кикотя се ‎(kikotja se), хихикам (bg) ‎(hihikam)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 傻笑 (zh) ‎(shǎxiào), 痴笑 (zh) ‎(chīxiào), 嘻 (zh) ‎(xī)
Dutch: giechelen (nl)
Esperanto:
Estonian: itsitama
Finnish: kikattaa (fi), tirskua
French: glousser (fr)
Galician: rir (gl)
Georgian: ხითხითებს ‎(xitxitebs)
German: kichern (de)
Greek: χαχανίζω (el) ‎(chachanízo)
Hungarian: kuncog (hu)
Italian: ridacchiare
Japanese: くすくす笑う ‎(kusukusu-warau), けらけら笑う ‎(kerakera-warau)

Kannada: vyangya nage ‎(vyangya nage), kisi ‎(kisi), kisiyuvudu ‎(kisiyuvudu)
Khmer:
Macedonian: (се) кикоти ‎((se) kíkoti)
Maori: tīhohe, tīhohehohe
Mongolian:
Norwegian: fnise (no), knise (no)
Persian: ریسه رفتن ‎(rise raftan)
Polish: chichotać
Portuguese: dar risadinhas
Romanian:
Russian: хихи́кать (ru) impf ‎(xixíkatʹ), хихи́кнуть (ru) pf ‎(xixíknutʹ)
Spanish: risita, reír (es)
Swedish: fnittra (sv), fnissa (sv)
Thai:
Turkish:
Tagalog: bungisngis
Vietnamese:
Yiddish: כיכיקען ‎(khikhiken)

Noun

giggle ‎(plural giggles)

A high-pitched, silly laugh.
(informal) Amusement.

We put itching powder down his shirt for giggles.

The women thought it would be quite a giggle to have a strippergram at the bride's hen party.

Synonyms

(laugh): titter
(amusement): amusement, fun, a joke, a laugh or laughs

Translations

laugh

Bulgarian: кикот (bg) m ‎(kikot), хихикане (bg) n ‎(hihikane)
Dutch: gegiechel n
Finnish: kikatus (fi)
French:
Galician: risiña f
Georgian: ხითხითი ‎(xitxiti)
German: Gekicher n

Greek: χάχανο (el) n ‎(cháchano)
Macedonian: кикот m ‎(se kíkot), кикотница f ‎(kikótnica)
Norwegian: fnising c, knising c
Persian: ریسه (fa) ‎(rise)
Polish: chichot (pl) m
Portuguese: risadinha f
Russian: хихи́канье (ru) n ‎(xixíkanʹje)
Vietnamese:

informal: amusement

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