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church giggles

church giggles noun: uncontrollable laughter or giggling that occurs inappropriately in an inappropriate place and time, as when in church.

Noun

church giggles pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Uncontrollable laughter or giggling that occurs inappropriately in an inappropriate place and time, as when in church.
    • But I couldn't help myself Something struck me as awfully funny that day—the hushed reverence, my starched white dress, I cannot say for sure. My church giggles grew louder and louder, and the more I tried to tame them, the worse they got, until the Church of England must have had doubts about my...2010, Sarah Ferguson, What I Know Now: Simple Lessons Learned the Hard Way
    • My Jews lost control of their church giggles and started busting out laughing to the point of losing oxygen. I'm glad they weren't wearing a skirt like I was because I didn't want to witness any pee trickles that were happening.2012, Jenny McCarthy, Bad Habits: A Book of Confessions about Confession

Examples of church giggles in a sentence

  • My church giggles grew louder and louder, and the more I tried to tame them, the worse they got, until the Church of England must have had doubts about my prospects for salvation.2010, Sarah Ferguson, What I Know Now: Simple Lessons Learned the Hard Way:
  • Rusty, LaClaire and I had many memories growing up in this church, not the least of which was getting the church giggles more times than we could count.2015, Angela W. Williams, Hush Now, Baby:

Questions about church giggles

What does church giggles mean?
Church giggles means uncontrollable laughter or giggling that occurs inappropriately in an inappropriate place and time, as when in church.
How do you use church giggles in a sentence?
My church giggles grew louder and louder, and the more I tried to tame them, the worse they got, until the Church of England must have had doubts about my prospects for salvation.
What part of speech is church giggles?
Church giggles is a noun.

Words near church giggles in the dictionary

  1. Church End
  2. Church Father
  3. Church Fathers
  4. Church Fenton
  5. church giggle
  6. church giggles
  7. Church Gresley
  8. church hat
  9. church hats
  10. church hopper
  11. church hopping

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