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[syn: giggle, titter]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Giggle \Gig"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Giggled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Giggling.] [Akin to gaggle: cf. OD. ghichelen, G. kichern.]
To laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; to laugh
in a light, affected, or silly manner; to titter with
childish levity.
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Giggling and laughing with all their might
At the piteous hap of the fairy wight. --J. R. Drake.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Giggle \Gig"gle\, n.
A kind of laugh, with short catches of the voice or breath; a
light, silly laugh.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
giggle
n 1: a foolish or nervous laugh
v 1: laugh nervously; "The girls giggled when the rock star came
into the classroom" [syn: giggle, titter]