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# giggle

verb (giggle, giggles, giggled, giggling); noun (a giggle, giggles; the giggles)

«giggle» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To laugh in a quick, high, silly way, often because something is funny or because you are nervous or shy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giggle/#m1)
2. (noun) A laugh like that. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giggle/#m2)
3. (the giggles) A time when you cannot stop giggling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giggle/#m3)
4. (UK informal, a giggle) Something fun: «It was a good giggle». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giggle/#m4)

### In the lessons

In stories, giggling tells the reader that characters, often children, are having fun or sharing a secret. In class: «Stop giggling and listen» — giggling at the wrong time can be rude, and giggling at someone can hurt them. Phrases: «get the giggles», «have a fit of the giggles», «for a giggle».

### Examples

- The babies giggled when I made funny faces. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giggle/#x1)
- We got the giggles during assembly and couldn't stop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giggle/#x2)
- She gave a nervous giggle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giggle/#x3)
- Please stop giggling and get on with your work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giggle/#x4)
- The jokes made everyone giggle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giggle/#x5)
- They were giggling about a secret. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giggle/#x6)
- Tickling makes my sister giggle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giggle/#x7)
- And the reporters giggled, and each dropped a blot of ink on the floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giggle/#x8)

### Note

Verb: giggled, giggling (drop e). «Giggle» is lighter and sillier than «laugh»; «chuckle» is a quiet, low laugh; «snigger/snicker» is an unkind laugh.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «giggle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giggle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«giggle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/giggle.html) on Mova free.