Giggle
['gɪg(ə)l] or ['ɡɪɡl]
Definition
(noun.) a foolish or nervous laugh.
(verb.) laugh nervously; 'The girls giggled when the rock star came into the classroom'.
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Definition
(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.
(n.) A kind of laugh, with short catches of the voice or breath; a light, silly laugh.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Titter, silly laugh.
v. n. Laugh (in a silly manner), TITTER, CACKLE, CHUCKLE.
Typist: Norton
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See GIGGLE]
SYN:Cachinnation, grin, titter
ANT:Sob, whimper, whine, blubber
Edited by Eileen
Definition
v.i. to laugh with short catches of the breath or in a silly manner.—n. a laugh of this kind.—ns. Gigg′ler; Gigg′ling.
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Examples
- I'll gossip and giggle, and have horrors and raptures over any trifle you like. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- But say no more than you are told to say, or--' here came the nervous giggle again--'you had better never have been born. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The 'prentices giggle internally and nudge each other. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You have cured her of her school-girl's giggle; she really does you credit. Jane Austen. Emma.
- That ar's what ye may call _emphasis_, said Marks, poking Haley in the side, and going into another small giggle. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- At this arrangement, highly absurd as it was, not a soul in the room dared to laugh; luckless for the giggler would have been the giggle. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Mr. Lowten, with a distant giggle, replied in the affirmative. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Maria giggled and the woman shook her head sadly. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Halliday giggled, and lolled his head back, vaguely. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Meg danced and flirted, chattered and giggled, as the other girls did. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She giggled, and her colour rose. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The nurse called Miss Gage giggled. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- When people stared at her, and giggled after her, she made a point of saying loudly, to Ursula: 'Regarde, regarde ces gens-la! D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They giggled, cackled, tattled, condoled, consoled, and patronized her until they drove her almost wild with rage. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The girls were giggling. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- All he saw was the trumpery parasol that arched its pinkness above her giggling head. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- One glass of wine was enough to make him drunk and giggling. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Mrs. Bowls, late Firkin, came and listened grimly in the passage to the hysterical sniffling and giggling which went on in the front parlour. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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