giggle
noun/ˈɡɪɡl/
/ˈɡɪɡl/
- [countable] a slight, silly, repeated laugh
- She gave a nervous giggle.
- Matt collapsed into giggles and hung up the phone.
Extra Examples- I just managed to stifle a giggle at the absurd idea.
- They all had a giggle at my expense.
- We had quite a giggle about the new office romance.
- We shared a giggle at their predicament.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- little
- slight
- small
- …
- give
- let out
- stifle
- …
- with a giggle
- giggle about
- giggle at
- …
- collapse into giggles
- dissolve into giggles
- a fit of (the) giggles
- …
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- [singular] (British English, informal) a thing that you think is funny
- We only did it for a giggle.
- the giggles[plural] (informal) continuous giggling that you cannot control or stop
- I get the giggles when I'm nervous.
- She had a fit of the giggles and had to leave the room.
- It’s just something about the way he said it that gave me the giggles.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- little
- slight
- small
- …
- give
- let out
- stifle
- …
- with a giggle
- giggle about
- giggle at
- …
- collapse into giggles
- dissolve into giggles
- a fit of (the) giggles
- …
Word Originearly 16th cent.: imitative.
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