The meaning of Giggling

ˈɡɪɡ.əl

Giggling – definition

adjective
Laughing lightly and repeatedly in an excited, nervous, or silly way.
Usage examples:
Three young, giggling girls

verb
Laugh lightly and repeatedly in a silly way, from amusement, nervousness, or embarrassment.
Usage examples:
They giggled at some private joke
Synonims:
Titter Snigger Snicker Tee-hee Give a half-suppressed laugh Chuckle Chortle Smirk Sneer Simper

verb
Present participle of giggle
Usage examples:
Stop that giggling in the back row!

Giggling translation into English

Giggling: translate from English into Chinese

咯咯笑, 起绒

Giggling: translate from English into Dutch

Giechelen, Ginnegappen

Giggling: translate from English into French

Fou rire

Giggling: translate from English into German

Kichern, Gekicher, Kicherei

Giggling: translate from English into Hindi

डरते हुए हँसना, खिसियाना, खीस निकालना, दांत निकालना, मूर्ख की तरह हंसना, खीसें पोरना, फूहड़पन से हंसना

Giggling: translate from English into Italian

Ridacchiando, Ridacchiare, Ridere scioccamente, Sghignazzare

Giggling: translate from English into Korean

킥킥, 킥킥 웃다, 킥킥 웃어 나타내다

Giggling: translate from English into Russian

Хихиканье, Хихикающий

Giggling: translate from English into Spanish

Riendo, Meter la risilla sofocada, Poner una risilla sofocada

Word origin

early 16th century: imitative.

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Giggling synonims

chortle

verb
Laugh in a noisy, gleeful way.
Usage examples:
He chortled at his own execrable pun

noun
A noisy, gleeful laugh.
Usage examples:
Thomas gave a chortle

verb
To laugh with pleasure and satisfaction

All meanings and translations of Chortle

chuckle

verb
Laugh quietly or inwardly.
Usage examples:
I chuckled at the astonishment on her face

noun
A quiet or suppressed laugh.
Usage examples:
Melissa gave a chuckle

verb
To laugh quietly
Usage examples:
She was chuckling as she read the letter., i always get a chuckle out of the doonesbury comic strip.

All meanings and translations of Chuckle

snicker

ˈsnɪk.ər

verb
Give a half-suppressed, typically scornful laugh; snigger.
Usage examples:
He could imagine them snickering as he passed

noun
A half-suppressed, typically scornful laugh; a snigger.
Usage examples:
He could not evoke a snicker with his jokes

verb
Laugh quietly

All meanings and translations of Snicker

snigger

ˈsnɪɡ.ər

verb
Laugh in a half-suppressed, typically scornful way.
Usage examples:
The boys at school were sure to snigger at him behind his back

noun
A half-suppressed, typically scornful laugh.
Usage examples:
We heard the sniggers caused by their little jokes

verb
To laugh at someone or something in a silly and often unkind way
Usage examples:
They spent half the time sniggering at the clothes people were wearing., what are you two sniggerin…

All meanings and translations of Snigger

tee-hee

exclamation
Used in writing or sometimes in spoken language to represent the sound of laughter
Usage examples:
It sounds funny! tee hee!, he giggled. "tee-hee."

All meanings and translations of Tee-hee

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