giggle
noun (LAUGHTER) /ˈɡɪɡ.l̩/Definition
› [C] a nervous or silly laugh: There were a few nervous giggles from people in the audience. I caught Roz having a giggle over some of Janet's awful poetry.Laughing and smiling the giggles [plural] informal › an occasion when you can't stop giggling: I often used to get/have the giggles in lectures when I was at college.Laughing and smiling
(Definition of giggle noun (LAUGHTER) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- amused adjective
- be all smiles idiom
- be in convulsions idiom
- be rolling in the aisles idiom
- be wreathed in smiles idiom
- cackle verb
- gales of laughter idiom
- giggle verb
- giggler noun
- giggly adjective
- grin/smile from ear to ear idiom
- hysterics noun
- laughter is the best medicine idiom
- laughter noun
- mirth noun
- not know whether to laugh or cry idiom
- piss yourself (laughing) idiom
- split your sides idiom
- titter verb
- toothy adjective
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Laughing and smiling
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