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giggle

[gig-uhl] / ˈgɪg əl /




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“I’m really drawn to problematic characters,” Eleazar says with a gleeful giggle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

She’s not coming back to have a hit and giggle and then a Pimm’s at Centre Court.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Actors would know when a joke landed when they would hear Burrows giggle as the scene unfolded.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

Jones said the project had been "35 years in the making", while Speirs joked it "could be a long shoot" as Jones kept making him "giggle".

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

They point and giggle, and I’m so distracted I forget to duck beneath Mrs. Walters’s window.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

This portion of the curriculum, naturally, came with plenty of giggles and whispers.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

It’s another exhausted method of generating tired old giggles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

When Close introduced herself and shook her hand, she was left starstruck, and got the giggles when Mila Kunis mistook her for an extra, rather than an actual vicar.

From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025

It isn’t quite silly season yet, but the giggles are starting.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2025

A pair of girls around his age giggles as he passes them, trying to catch his eye.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

"I think we just all giggled for a long time."

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

"I feel silly," giggled Ruiloba, a 34-year-old doctor.

From Barron's ● Jan. 11, 2026

You know how you giggled every time someone said “Tush Push”? You know how you held the football and stared at the Roger Goodell signature for 10 minutes?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025

Carrie grinned and giggled and for one glorious moment savored her peace, until a rat stampede abruptly invaded it.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2025

Enzo just giggled as he fell into George’s lap.

From "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912" by Lauren Tarshis

Last year's winner replied: "Just anyone that's sweating and giggling."

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Beavis and Butt-head might leave chaos and destruction in their muttering, giggling wake, but they rarely suffer lasting harm themselves.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

Fan-edited montages of the pair embracing, giggling and jumping into each other's arms are all over social media.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

Unlike a bachelorette party or the typical male revue, there was no giggling in the room, and no wink of camp from the performers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

“Speaking of gifts,” Camille says when she and Andre stop their giggling, “we have one for you.”

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller




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