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giggle

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
13
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈɡɪɡl̩/

Definition of giggle

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. To laugh gently in a playful, nervous, or affected manner.
    “The jokes had them giggling like little girls all evening.”
    “I couldn't resist to giggle a little tee hee.”
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verb

  1. To laugh gently in a playful, nervous, or affected manner.
    “The jokes had them giggling like little girls all evening.”
    “I couldn't resist to giggle a little tee hee.”

noun

  1. 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 background of giggles!”
  2. (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.”
    “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.”

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Etymology

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…

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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”).

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