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grins and giggles

grins and giggles noun: synonym of kicks and giggles.

Noun

grins and giggles pl (plural only)

  1. (informal, plural, plural-only) Synonym of kicks and giggles.
    • When he had dismissed those odious women with their grins and giggles, he stepped into the seat in front, and, leaning over it, held out his hand with a manner from which all the warmth and spontaneity had departed, saying, "Ah, good evening, Mrs. Brand. How is my boy to-day?"1913, Hersilia A. Mitchell Keays, Mrs. Brand, A Novel, page 85
    • Blue pillars supported wide tin roofs over verandas laden with smiling children who met my waves with grins and giggles.1990, Andrew W. Mitchell, The Fragile South Pacific, An Ecological Odyssey, page 51

Synonyms of grins and giggles

Forms of grins and giggles

alternative formgrins-and-giggles

Questions about grins and giggles

What does grins and giggles mean?
Grins and giggles means synonym of kicks and giggles.
What part of speech is grins and giggles?
Grins and giggles is a noun.

Words near grins and giggles in the dictionary

  1. grinningly
  2. grinnings
  3. grinny
  4. grins
  5. grins and bears it
  6. grins and giggles
  7. grins from ear to ear
  8. grins like a mule eating briars
  9. grins-and-giggles
  10. Grinsell
  11. Grinshill

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