giggle
pronunciation
How to pronounce giggle in British English:
UK [ˈɡɪɡl]
How to pronounce giggle in American English:
US [ˈɡɪɡl]
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- Noun:
- a foolish or nervous laugh
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- Verb:
- laugh nervously
Word Origin
- giggle (v.)
- c. 1500, probably imitative. Related: Giggled; giggling; giggly. As a noun from 1570s.
Example
- 1. Asked susan with a giggle .
- 2. The little boy started to giggle and ate his breakfast and went out to play .
- 3. I was almost repressing a giggle on sitting down at an outdoor table to embark on what julio called " our homework " .
- 4. Here 's something machines can 't do ( I don 't think ) : giggle about their plight in the cosmos crack themselves up have fun .
- 5. If your child loves to parody lyrics to children 's songs , for example , ' you have to let them laugh and giggle , ' and then explain that ' you shouldn 't do this at school , ' he says .