giggle

to laugh

TRANSLATION

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STATISTICS

IN THE PRESS

"The children are too quiet. Something is up. When you go to investigate, you find two four-year-olds minus part of their clothing playing "doctor." Or, you might overhear the conversation of two six-year-olds repeating "bathroom" words as they GIGGLE hysterically."

(Christine M. Todd, Human Development and Family Studies, University of Illinois - March 1996)

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'Giggle' dates from 1509 and is one of the very few synonyms we have for the common word laugh.


Here's what Merriam-Webster says:

intransitive senses : to laugh with repeated short catches of the breath

transitive senses : to utter with a giggle


Note that a giggle is a special kind of laugh though, usually associated with children, or childish behaviour.

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