giggle

Meanings

Verb

• To laugh gently in a nervous or affected manner.

Noun

• A high-pitched, silly laugh.
• Fun; an amusing episode.

Related

Similar words

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

Origin

• Unknown. Perhaps a frequentative based on dialectal English gig, from Middle English gigen -le; or perhaps of Dutch or Low German origin: compare Saterland Frisian güüchelje, West Frisian giechelje, Dutch giechelen, German Low German giecheln, dialectal German giggln, gigglen, German gickeln.