Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Giggle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Giggle \Gig"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Giggled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Giggling}.] [Akin to gaggle: cf. OD. ghichelen, G. kichern.]
To laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; to laugh
in a light, affected, or silly manner; to titter with
childish levity.
Giggling and laughing with all their might At the
piteous hap of the fairy wight. --J. R. Drake.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Giggle \Gig"gle\, n.
A kind of laugh, with short catches of the voice or breath; a
light, silly laugh.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
giggle
n : a foolish or nervous laugh
v : laugh nervously [syn: {titter}]
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