Gīg'gle1, n.
n. [From the verb. See infra.] A kind of laugh, with short catches of the voice or breath.
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n. [From the verb. See infra.] A kind of laugh, with short catches of the voice or breath.
[imp. & p. p. GIGGLED; p. pr. & vb. n. GIGGLING.] [D. gigchelen, Ger. kicheln, kichern, from M. H. Ger. lachen, equivalent to Lat. cachinnare, to laugh aloud.] To laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; to laugh in a light, frolicsome, or silly manner; to titter; to grin with childish levity or mirth.
Giggling and laughing with all their might At the piteous hap of the fairy wight. Drake.