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to giggle
01
to laugh in a light, silly, or often uncontrollable way as a result of nervousness or embarrassment
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
giggle
3rd person singular
giggles
Present participle
giggling
Past simple
giggled
Past participle
giggled
Examples
The schoolgirls could n't help but giggle when their teacher told a funny story.
Giggle
01
a light, often silly or nervous laugh
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
giggles
Examples
She could n't stop a nervous giggle during the speech.
Lexical Tree
giggler
giggle
