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giggling

giggling is the present participle and gerund of giggle.

Meaning of giggle

Verb

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

  1. To laugh gently in a playful, nervous, or affected manner.
    • The jokes had them giggling like little girls all evening.
    Synonyms:
    titter, laugh

See all 3 meanings of giggle

Noun

giggling (plural gigglings)

  1. The act of producing giggles; high-pitched laughter
    • Once there, he blushingly went through the procedure, having to fold and refold the flag about three times, to the twitterings and gigglings of twelve little girls.1959 May, Boys' Life, volume 49, number 5, page 56

Forms of giggling

pluralgigglings

Questions about giggling

What does giggling mean?
Giggling means the act of producing giggles; high-pitched laughter.
What is giggling the present participle and gerund of?
Giggling is the present participle and gerund of giggle.
What part of speech is giggling?
Giggling is a noun.
What is the plural of giggling?
The plural of giggling is gigglings.

Words near giggling in the dictionary

  1. Giggleswickians
  2. gigglier
  3. giggliest
  4. gigglin'
  5. giggliness
  6. giggling
  7. gigglingly
  8. gigglings
  9. gigglish
  10. giggly
  11. giggot

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Adapted from Wiktionary: giggling (page history and authors); giggle (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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