Giggle \Gig"gle\, n. A kind of laugh, with short catches of the voice or breath; a light, silly laugh.
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.
Pillsbury Co. conducted a similar search last year for a new Doughboy voice after the death of Paul Frees, the man who originated the famous giggle.
Long-Running Comedy It's most difficult To smother a giggle When you see some joggers Largely jiggle.
Like children they come forward, touch and stare, chatter and giggle to themselves.
Schoolgirls on the subway giggle and one says "Where you from."
"Ohio Boy: The Ceramic Sculpture of Jack Earl" is the first major retrospective by this rural Midwesterner whose life-sized hound dogs in high-heeled shoes are sure to elicit a giggle.
I'm 54, and to work with this man that I used to see in movie theaters and giggle at because he was so perfect, it was incredibly intimidating.
"People used to giggle," he says.
Last week was one that Ms Clare Spottiswoode, the UK gas regulator with a disarming giggle, will be anxious to put behind her.
A question as to whether the bank would be making a market in the paper after the offer closes in mid-January merely elicited a giggle.
Miss Dee is a radiant actress and Winfield a forceful stage presence, so they mine the comedy for every giggle they can.
"They knew we'd be taking a look at the insides," he says with a nervous giggle.
A scene in which the two practice "safe sex" in body size condoms is typical of the giggle power of this film.
Swimming children giggle, a breeze stirs the eucalyptus, and Paolo Borsellino tries to forget the murder and corruption that are the focus of his daily work.
"Do you ever feel sometimes like you're about to go crazy?" asked Michael, prompting Ms. Moss to smile and the other youngsters to giggle.
The biggest giggle came when the camera showed us a boy's book with a decorated cover and the title 'Scouts In Bondage', but you need more than that and yet another stuntman's expose to make a half hour programme.
Asked for directions, one middle-age woman pointed to a nearby bush and said with a giggle, "Ask the policeman on the other side of that."
His baby will giggle and coo, just as babies everywhere do.