as in laughed
to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound
some audience members thought that they were being clever by giggling during the serious scenes
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Recent Examples of giggled
Some of the guys smiled and giggled throughout her introduction, which stoked plenty of ire from viewers online.
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Charles Trepany, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
Two teen-age girls, joining a crowd trailing him, giggled and teared up.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Charles Trepany, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
Two teen-age girls, joining a crowd trailing him, giggled and teared up.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for giggled
Verb
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Close enough to feel, far enough that our guides only laughed.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Seinfeld said sarcastically to the hecklers as the audience laughed and cheered.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Some of the 14 men chuckled, not quite sold.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Aug. 2025
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The audience chuckled — what a wild title!—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
20 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Witnesses screamed in horror and fled for cover after the bullet struck Kirk in the neck.—
Michael Ruiz , Peter D'Abrosca , Julia Bonavita , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , David Spunt , CB Cotton,
FOXNews.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Images shared on social media showed flames shooting high into the air as people screamed and ran from the scene in the Iztapalapa borough.—
Rocío Muñoz-Ledo,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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This time in response, the president smiled.—
Jillian Frankel,
People.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Asked what his father would think about the Overland Park restaurant, Eid smiled.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Giggled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/giggled. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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