giggle

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪɡəl

Verb

giggle (third-person singular simple present giggles, present participle giggling, simple past and past participle giggled)

1. To laugh gently or in a high-pitched voice; to laugh in a silly or giddy way.

   The jokes had them giggling like little girls all evening.

Synonyms

• (laugh in a silly way): titter
• See also Wikisaurus:laugh

Derived terms

• giggly

Translations

laugh

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傻笑 (cmn) (shǎxiào), 痴笑 (cmn) (chīxiào), 嘻 (cmn) (xī)

• Dutch: giechelen (nl)
• Estonian: itsitama
• Finnish: kikattaa, tirskua
• French: glousser (fr)
• Georgian: ხითხითი (ka) (xit’xit’i), ხითხითებდა (ka) (xit’xit’ebda)
• German: kichern (de)
• Greek: χαχανίζω (el) (chachanízo)
• Italian: ridacchiare (it)
• Japanese: くすくす笑う (ja) (kusukusu-warau), けらけら笑う (ja) (kerakera-warau)

• Kannada: vyangya nage, kisi, kisiyuvudu
• Macedonian: (се) кикоти (mk) ((se) kíkoti)
• Maori: tīhohe (mi), tīhohehohe (mi)
• Norwegian: fnise (no), knise (no)
• Polish: chichotać
• Portuguese: rir (pt) c
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: хихикать (ru) (xixíkat’) impf., хихикнуть (ru) (xixíknut’) pf.
• Spanish: risita (es)
• Swedish: fnittra (sv), fnissa (sv)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: כיכיקען (yi) (khikhiken)

Noun

giggle (plural giggles)

1. A high-pitched, silly laugh.
2. (informal) Amusement.

   We put itching powder down his shirt for giggles.

   The women thought it would be quite a giggle to have a stripagram at the bride's hen party.

Synonyms

• (laugh): titter
• (amusement): amusement, fun, a joke, a laugh or laughs

Translations

laugh

• Dutch: gegiechel n
• Finnish: kikatus (fi)
• French: ricanement (fr) m
• Georgian: ხითხითი (ka) (xit’xit’i)
• German: Gekicher (de) n

• Greek: χάχανο (el) (cháchno) n
• Macedonian: кикот (mk) (se kíkot) m, кикотница (mk) (kikótnica) f
• Norwegian: fnising (no) c, knising (no) c
• Polish: chichot m
• Russian: хихиканье (ru) (xixíkan’je) n

informal: amusement