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giggle1 verbgiggle2 noun gigglegig‧gle1 /ˈɡɪɡəl/ ●○○ (past tense and past participle giggled, present participle giggling) verb [intransitive]   giggle1Origin: 1500-1600 From the sound VERB TABLEgiggle |
| Present | I, you, we, they | giggle | | he, she, it | giggles | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | giggled | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have giggled | | he, she, it | has giggled | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had giggled | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will giggle | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have giggled |
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| Present | I | am giggling | | he, she, it | is giggling | | you, we, they | are giggling | | Past | I, he, she, it | was giggling | | you, we, they | were giggling | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been giggling | | he, she, it | has been giggling | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been giggling | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be giggling | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been giggling |
- Linda and Christina were giggling at some private joke.
- She giggled nervously and went bright pink.
- What are you two girls giggling about?
- And Maggie had giggled and had indeed been comforted.
- But Lesley-Jane certainly did, and she started to giggle.
- He was giggling with pleasure and could not get the words out at first.
- She giggled and pouted as he chatted to her.
- Will the handsome minister save you? they giggled.
► laugh to make sounds with your voice and move your face, because you think that something is funny: · He looked so funny that we couldn’t stop laughing. ► giggle to laugh quickly in a high voice, especially in a slightly silly way, or because you are nervous or embarrassed: · A group of teenage girls were giggling in a corner.· She tends to giggle when she meets new people. ► chuckle to laugh quietly, especially because you are thinking about or reading something funny: · He was chuckling to himself over an article in the paper.· ‘We used to get up to all kinds of mischief.’ She chuckled at the memory. ► snigger British English, snicker American English to laugh quietly in an unkind or unpleasant way, for example when someone is hurt or embarrassed: · Billy stood up and started to sing, and one or two people sniggered. ► titter to laugh quietly in a high voice, especially about something that is rude or about sex, or is embarrassing for someone: · As a nation we love to titter over politicians’ sex scandals.· schoolboys tittering over a magazine ► roar with laughter to laugh very loudly, especially with a deep voice: · I could hear my father roaring with laughter at something on TV. ► shriek with laughter to laugh very loudly, especially with a high voice: · Patsy chased him down the stairs, shrieking with laughter. ► howl with laughter to laugh very loudly – used especially about a group of people laughing together: · His plays have made audiences howl with laughter. ► in stitches laughing so much that you cannot stop: · It was such a funny film – it had us all in stitches. ► guffaw to laugh very loudly and without trying to stop yourself: · The audience guffawed at his nonstop jokes. ► cackle to laugh loudly in an unpleasant way: · The old woman cackled at the trouble she was causing. to laugh because something is funny► laugh to laugh because something is funny or because you are enjoying yourself: · I laughed all the way through the film.· I thought Dad would be angry, but he just laughed.laugh about: · I couldn't understand what they were all laughing about.laugh at: · No-one laughed at his jokes.burst out laughing (=suddenly laugh loudly): · We just looked at each other and burst out laughing. ► laughter the sound you make when you laugh: · We could hear laughter coming from the next room.roar with laughter (=laugh very loudly): · The show was a great success, and had the audience roaring with laughter.burst/gurgle/snort etc of laughter: · There was a burst of laughter when he appeared.· Thelma gave a gurgle of laughter. ► have a laugh especially British if people have a laugh about something, they all laugh about it together: have a laugh about/at: · When I realised my mistake, we had a laugh about it.have a good laugh: · It was a bit scary at the time, but afterwards we all had a good laugh. ► chuckle to laugh quietly, especially because you are thinking about something funny: · "Do you remember when Michelle fell in the river?" Morgan chuckled.chuckle at/about: · "We used to get up to all kinds of mischief." She chuckled at the memory.chuckle to yourself: · Simon sat reading a magazine, chuckling to himself. ► giggle to laugh quietly and repeatedly like a child because of something funny or because you are nervous or embarrassed: · She giggled nervously and went bright pink.giggle at/over: · Linda and Christina were giggling at some private joke. ► titter to laugh quietly in a high voice, because you are nervous, embarrassed, or slightly amused: · As the teacher read the poem someone tittered. ► a nervous smile/laugh/giggle· ‘It doesn’t matter,’ she said, with a nervous smile. ADVERB► again· He tucks me up and he tucks Radish up too, and he kisses both our noses which makes me giggle again.· We climbed up again and rolled down a second time, Mom sighing and giggling again, again. NOUN► girl· The girls would giggle and tell risqué stories.· The other girls were giggling every step of the way.· A girl giggled outside, steps sounded.· And then the girl had giggled, in what Folly now realised was probably a nervous reaction.· While the girls paraded upstairs, giggling at the glimmer of flesh they showed each other, Madeleine set to again. VERB► begin· Then one day we both began to giggle over what we had found out. ► start· As she dried herself, banging her elbows against the sides of the small compartment, she started to giggle.· But Lesley-Jane certainly did, and she started to giggle.· Then, realizing there was no point in trying to get up, she started in on another giggling jag. to laugh quickly, quietly, and in a high voice, because something is funny or because you are nervous or embarrassed:  If you can’t stop giggling you’ll have to leave the room.► see thesaurus at laughgiggle1 verbgiggle2 noun gigglegiggle2 ●○○ noun - a nervous giggle
- She collapsed in a fit of giggles.
- There were a few smothered giggles from the girls sitting by the pool.
- A fourth, after asking if it were April the first, collapsed into giggles and hung up.
- I stuck one on my forehead for an afternoon, received a good many curious stares from colleagues, and got the giggles.
- In the pew opposite Willie were two ginger-haired girls trying to smother their giggles.
- It had something of a giggle to it.
- The thought of him being ten years old made the children want to giggle but they bit the giggles back.
- Wary sufferers will have learned to suffer silently lest they raise stifled giggles rather than sympathy.
- Zen and Crystal put their hands on her tummy and giggle when they feel the baby moving.
to laugh a lot or for a long time► can't stop laughing to be unable to stop yourself from laughing: · Jonathan kept making funny faces at me and I just couldn't stop laughing.· It's so embarrassing when everyone else is being serious and you can't stop laughing. ► laugh helplessly/uncontrollably/hysterically to laugh so much that you cannot control yourself and could not stop laughing if you wanted to: · They both leant against the wall, laughing helplessly.· She was laughing hysterically at the thought of Mr Taylor stepping out of his caravan with no clothes on. ► have/get the giggles also have/get a fit of the giggles British informal to be unable to stop yourself laughing, especially in a situation when you should not laugh: · It's very difficult to be angry with somebody when you've got the giggles.· I got a dreadful fit of the giggles - I couldn't help myself! ► laugh your head off informal to laugh a lot and very loudly because of what someone says or does: · When I told him what had happened, he laughed his head off.· I can't believe we were so stupid. Our competitors must be laughing their heads off. ► have hysterics to laugh a lot continuously and uncontrollably because someone says or does something extremely funny or stupid: · Everybody who heard this had hysterics. ► fall about British to laugh a lot in a very happy and cheerful way, especially because something has happened that you did not expect: · When we heard the news, we just fell about!fall about laughing: · When they saw what their father had done, they both fell about laughing. ► I nearly/almost died informal if you say I nearly or almost died , you mean that something made you laugh so much that you almost couldn't stop laughing: · Did you see the look on his face? I nearly died.nearly/almost die laughing: · He said this very solemnly, and they nearly died laughing. ► gales/fits of laughter written a lot of laughter: · Jack put the phone down, and the children collapsed in gales of laughter.· There was a brief stunned silence, and then the entire family went into fits of laughter. verbs► get the giggles (=start to giggle)· Now every time he looks at me I get the giggles. ► have the giggles (=laugh in a way that is difficult to control)· The girls had the giggles, and couldn’t stop laughing. ► give a giggle (=to laugh)· She gave a little giggle. ► give somebody the giggles (=make someone laugh)· The way he was waving his arms around gave us the giggles. ► stifle/suppress a giggle (=try to not laugh)· Britta covered her mouth to stifle a giggle. ► collapse/dissolve into giggles (=start laughing a lot)· Victor tickled the little boy, who dissolved into giggles. phrases► a fit of (the) giggles (=a short time when you laugh a lot in a way you cannot control)· The boys collapsed in a fit of giggles. adjectives► a nervous giggle· She gave a nervous giggle before answering. ► a hysterical giggle (=that someone cannot control)· The children were all in hysterical giggles. ► a high-pitched giggle· The young man gave a high-pitched giggle. ► a nervous smile/laugh/giggle· ‘It doesn’t matter,’ she said, with a nervous smile. ADJECTIVE► nervous· A few mouths dropped open and then there were a few nervous giggles.· A sob rose in his throat, blending with an incredulous, nervous giggle framed by his lips. VERB► get· Has my colleague simply got the giggles?· Miguel got the serious giggles as he ran from the car, stumbling over bricks.· Earlier, in the sixth round, Hulka got the giggles when the contest judges asked him to spell haggis. 1[countable] a quick, quiet, high-sounding laugh: ‘Catch me if you can,’ she said with a giggle. Vicky suppressed a nervous giggle. He looked so ridiculous I got the giggles (=started to giggle). Soon the whole group had the giggles. Margaret was seized by a fit of the giggles (=she could not stop giggling).give somebody the giggles (=make someone start giggling)2a giggle British English informal something that you think is fun to do that will not hurt anyone or anything: Go on, it’ll be a giggle!COLLOCATIONSverbsget the giggles (=start to giggle)· Now every time he looks at me I get the giggles.have the giggles (=laugh in a way that is difficult to control)· The girls had the giggles, and couldn’t stop laughing.give a giggle (=to laugh)· She gave a little giggle.give somebody the giggles (=make someone laugh)· The way he was waving his arms around gave us the giggles.stifle/suppress a giggle (=try to not laugh)· Britta covered her mouth to stifle a giggle.collapse/dissolve into giggles (=start laughing a lot)· Victor tickled the little boy, who dissolved into giggles.phrasesa fit of (the) giggles (=a short time when you laugh a lot in a way you cannot control)· The boys collapsed in a fit of giggles.adjectivesa nervous giggle· She gave a nervous giggle before answering.a hysterical giggle (=that someone cannot control)· The children were all in hysterical giggles.a high-pitched giggle· The young man gave a high-pitched giggle. |