giggle
/ˈɡɪɡl̩/
giggle verb: to laugh gently in a playful, nervous, or affected manner.
Verb
giggle (third-person singular simple present giggles, present participle giggling, simple past and past participle giggled)
Noun
giggle (plural giggles)
- A high-pitched, silly laugh.
- My audience to this not-too-easy operation was a small group of Scottish school lasses, who seemed (perhaps naturally) to find the proceedings somewhat mysterious, but at any rate amusing. I wished they would go away, but they didn't, so I had to get on with the job to the accompaniment of a...1952 February, H. C. Casserley, “Permanent Wayfarings”, in Railway Magazine, page 77
- Synonyms:
- titter
- 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.
giggle meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
giggle in Tamil
- நக்கலாகச் சிரி, இளிப்பு, ஏளனச்சிரிப்பு
giggle in Urdu
- احمقانہ طور پر ہنسنا, کھی کھیانا
giggle in Bengali
- খিলখিল করে হাসা, চাপা হাসি হাসা
giggle in Malayalam
- കുണുങ്ങിച്ചിരിക്കുക, അടക്കിച്ചിരിക്കുക, വിഡ്ഢിച്ചിരി ചിരിക്കുക
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- giggle in Kannada
- ಕಿಲಕಿಲ ನಗು, ಅಸಭ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಕಿಸಿಕಿಸಿ ನಗು, ಮುಸುಮುಸು ನಗು
- giggle in Tagalog
- bungisngis
- giggle in Arabic
- قَهْقَهَ qahqaha, اِفْتِرَار iftirār, اِنْكِلَال inkilāl
- giggle in Persian
- ریسه رفتن, ریسه rise
Examples of giggle in a sentence
- I wished they would go away, but they didn't, so I had to get on with the job to the accompaniment of a background of giggles!1952 February, H. C. Casserley, “Permanent Wayfarings”, in Railway Magazine, page 77:
- 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.2013, Patricia Newell-Dunkley, Letters of a Travelling Lady, page 16:
Synonyms of giggle
Forms of giggle
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | giggles |
| present participle | giggling |
| past participle | giggled |
| past | giggled |
| Noun | |
| plural | giggles |
Origin of giggle
Early 16th century, probably of imitative origin. Or, 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”). All of these words are likely onomatopoeic as well. Also compare Alemannic German Guege (“fiddle”).
Words formed from giggle
- church giggles
- giggler
- gigglesome
- giggling Gertie
- gigglingly
- gigglish
- giggly
- church giggle
- giggle academy
- giggle berries
- giggle bin
- giggle box
- giggledom
- giggle dust
- giggle factory
- gigglefest
- giggle gas
- giggle hat
- giggle house
- giggle juice
- gigglement
- giggle soup
- giggle stick
- giggle suit
- giggle test
- giggle water
- giggle waterfor shits and giggles
- grins and giggles
- hit and giggle
- kicks and giggles
- shits and giggles
Phrases with giggle
Words that rhyme with giggle
Questions about giggle
- What does giggle mean?
- Giggle means to laugh gently in a playful, nervous, or affected manner.
- What is giggle in Tamil?
- Giggle in Tamil is நக்கலாகச் சிரி, இளிப்பு, ஏளனச்சிரிப்பு. See Giggle meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use giggle in a sentence?
- I wished they would go away, but they didn't, so I had to get on with the job to the accompaniment of a background of giggles!
- What part of speech is giggle?
- Giggle can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce giggle?
- Giggle is pronounced /ˈɡɪɡl̩/.
- What is the past tense of giggle?
- The past tense of giggle is giggled.
Words near giggle in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: giggle (page history and authors); giggle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); giggle (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); giggle (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); giggle (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); giggle (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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