giggle
English
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps a frequentative based on dialectal English gig (“to creak”), from Middle English gigen (“to make a creaking sound”) + -le; or perhaps of Dutch or Low German origin: compare Saterland Frisian güüchelje (“to giggle”), West Frisian giechelje (“to giggle”), Dutch giechelen (“to giggle”), German Low German giecheln (“to giggle”), dialectal German giggln, gigglen (“to giggle”), German gickeln (“to giggle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɪɡl̩/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪɡəl
Verb
giggle (third-person singular simple present giggles, present participle giggling, simple past and past participle giggled)
Derived terms
- church giggles
- giggler
- gigglish
- gigglesome
- giggling Gertie
- gigglingly
- giggly
Translations
laugh
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Noun
giggle (plural giggles)
- A high-pitched, silly laugh.
- (informal) Fun; an amusing episode.
- 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.
- 2013, Patricia Newell-Dunkley, Letters of a Travelling Lady, page 16:
- For my first English breakfast I had kippers and pink champagne - what a combination, still it was a bit of a giggle and I know I've really arrived.
Derived terms
- church giggle
- giggle academy
- giggle berries
- giggle bin
- giggle box
- giggle dust
- giggle factory
- giggle gas
- giggle hat
- giggle house
- giggle juice
- giggle soup
- giggle stick
- giggle stick
- giggle suit
- giggle water
- giggle waterfor shits and giggles
- hit and giggle
- shits and giggles
- shits and giggles
Translations
laugh
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informal: amusement
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