giggle

Meanings

Plural: giggles

Noun

a foolish or nervous laugh
A high-pitched, silly laugh.
Fun; an amusing episode.

Verb

laugh nervously
- "The girls giggled when the rock star came into the classroom"
To laugh gently in a playful, nervous, or affected manner.

Origin / Etymology

Early 16th century, probably of imitative origin.
Or, perhaps a frequentative based on dialectal English gig (“to creak”), from Middle English gigen (“to make a creaking sound”) + -le; or perhaps of Dutch or Low German origin: compare Saterland Frisian güüchelje (“to giggle”), West Frisian giechelje (“to giggle”), Dutch giechelen (“to giggle”), German Low German giecheln (“to giggle”), dialectal German giggln, gigglen (“to giggle”), German gickeln (“to giggle”). All of these words are likely onomatopoeic as well. Also compare Alemannic German Guege (“fiddle”).

Synonyms

a joke, a laugh, amusement, fun, laugh, laughs, titter

Scrabble Score: 9

giggle is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
giggle is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
giggle is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

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