(v. t.) To laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; to laugh in a light, affected, or silly manner; to titter with childish levity.
(n.) A kind of laugh, with short catches of the voice or breath; a light, silly laugh.
Example Sentences:
(1) I said: ‘Apologies for doing this publicly, but I did try to get a meeting with you, and I couldn’t even get a reply.’ And then I had a massive go at him – about everything really, from poverty to uni fees to NHS waiting times.” She giggles again.
(2) "Well…" His delightful press secretary, Lena, starts giggling as her boss tries to unknot himself from this contradiction.
(3) "Enuresis risoria" or "giggle incontinence" is a particular condition characterized by a sudden, involuntary, uncontrollable and complete emptying of the bladder during giggling or hearty laughter.
(4) The only thing she wouldn't do was We Shall Overcome, too sacred to perform on a whim she tells me when I meet her later, besides which - and here she giggles - "we probably won't overcome.
(5) I remember standing by the side of the stage, thinking, "I'm about to follow the Spice Girls" and giggling to myself.
(6) He keeps trying to leave the interview and is giggling as he's pulled back.
(7) "He [Meyer] sat here giggling about his [Mosley's] shaved buttocks," said Davies.
(8) This was to have been a free-admission hit-and-giggle day before the night session but the weather forced the cancellation of John and Patrick McEnroe’s little joust with Michael Chang and Todd Martin (also wiping out the evening programme) so those who braved the elements got to see some proper tennis.
(9) He giggles, and says people are going to be sadly disappointed if they befriend him for his lavish spending.
(10) Griff is giggling so much he has to stand in the corner of the studio, hunched over in hysteria. '
(11) But then the cost of armed guards to accompany them isn't cheap," Aken'ova sighs, before telling the two giggling women the price for bottles of massage oil.
(12) His lordship is desperate to avoid joining them, but as the weeks pass his occasional giggles at the absurd scale of his task begin to seem faintly hysterical.
(13) No wonder Roger Burman, Winterhill's barrel-chested headteacher, was beaming on Thursday morning as he welcomed a line of nervous teenagers into the school hall, some of whom confessed they had been awake since 5am ("and I usually get up at 1pm", giggled Amy Jones as she loitered outside).
(14) Their encounter is a graphic and uninhibited coupling, but intimate and communicative, with the odd giggle, and each partner enjoying equal pleasure and control.
(15) A mysterious form of ill-fortune, it seems – possibly a "condition" but not needful of medicalisation, and certainly not of funding; just pity, maybe, or sometimes giggling, or a judicious kick in the arse.
(16) And with that, they both collapse into giggles, like a couple who already figured that out long ago.
(17) Bouchard, one of the rising stars of women’s tennis, had just won a match on Margaret Court Arena and complied, smiled and giggled – but looked as if she were taking part in someone else’s joke.
(18) It was as much as I could do to stop myself giggling as the bemused caller lost his thread and started fumbling for words.
(19) Between their inward groans and suppressed giggles, the friends recognised something of great value, a familiar form no other artist had yet nicked.
(20) They order room service while giggling in their dressing gowns.
Giggly
Definition:
(a.) Prone to giggling.
Example Sentences:
(1) Advocates would point to the influence Giggs maintains in the United midfield – developing a more creative game from a central role to compensate for the loss of his once blistering pace.
(2) We have now studied the effects of varying the doses of injected GaM delta on all phases of B cell activation, as well as the effects of supplementing GaM delta with varying quantities of normal goat IgG (GIgG).
(3) In contrast, GIgG-specific B cells can continue to bind, process, and present GIgG through mIgM after they lose mIgD.
(4) Giggs will now be in charge for the last four games of the season, beginning with Norwich at home in the 5.30pm kick-off on Saturday, followed by home games against Sunderland and Hull and finishing away to Southampton.
(5) Rooney, Terry, Giggs … Footballers are hardly the gentlemen of your day, are they, Ron?
(6) The first goal conceded by United in the Giggs era came from the boot of Sebastian Larsson.
(7) Giggs been taking his coaching badges and spoke to Stuart James last month about his philosophy going forward.
(8) Javier Hernández, Shinji Kagawa, Darren Fletcher, Nani, Young, Cleverley, Alexander Büttner and Ryan Giggs are other members of Moyes's squad whose futures are likewise in doubt.
(9) Immensely clever, but also personable, self-effacing and even at times giggly, Letwin has been charged with resolving disputes between departments and, in the coalition, he was a key link man with the Liberal Democrats.
(10) The effectiveness of the nonmetabolizable second messenger analogue DL-myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphorothioate (IPS3) described by Cooke, A. M., R. Gigg, and B. V. L. Potter, (1987b.
(11) Supporting cast: De Gea, Rafael Da Silva, Ferdinand, Evans, Valencia, Carrick, Scholes, Giggs, Rooney, Welbeck.
(12) Of the 3-1 victory over Hull City , in which Giggs gave the younger generation a chance to shine, Ferdinand added: "It was a night of mixed emotions, to see those two young boys starting and both of them did so well, and they looked so comfortable.
(13) The Press Complaints Commission chair, Baroness Buscombe, has claimed the organisation would have helped stop publication of allegations that Ryan Giggs had an affair with a former reality TV star .
(14) Giggs's own-goal came after Marriner blew for a free-kick when adjudging Jonny Evans, who later limped off injured, to have fouled Steven Fletcher.
(15) Giggs stabbed the ball with his left foot but it struck the upright and bounced out.
(16) At full time, the United assistant manager, Ryan Giggs, had to order the players to go over to applaud the travelling fans.
(17) The United manager also said the 19-year-old had been bought in as a long-term prospect chiefly for the benefit of his eventual successor at Old Trafford, who he tipped to be Ryan Giggs.
(18) The judge who has allowed a financier to bring a secret libel suit against his own sister-in-law defended his decision to make all the parties anonymous on Wednesday, in the wake of the uproar over superinjunctions and the outing of footballer Ryan Giggs in defiance of court orders.
(19) Inexplicably, instead of rolling or walking the ball into an empty net, Giggs lofted a shot over the bar.
(20) The gloom was soon to build when five minutes after the interval Giggs won a corner with a sprightly run.