giggles 1 of 2

plural of giggle

giggles

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of giggle

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of giggles
Noun
After Khloé made her mom admit what was going on, Kris broke into giggles. Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025 The latter’s video focused on her seatmate, whose infectious giggles and wheezing breaths—which one commenter joked sounded like the engine—became the soundtrack to the plane fault. Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025 The game encouraged competitive streaks, teamwork, and plenty of giggles, with parents noting it was well constructed, self-contained, and easy to store or bring along to grandma’s house. Emily Glover, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025 Set appropriately inside the creepy, abandoned Sears department store, the carnival includes a bunch of ways to get your kicks, giggles and jump scares. Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025 Many movies tried to recreate its magic mixture, including some of its own sequels, but few achieved the merry concoction of frights, gore, and giggles that Craven handled so masterfully. Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Sep. 2025 So many giggles, even before Nakia lit up. Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025 If the initial response to the State Farm spot has been positive, there are inherent risks associated with using giggles as a delivery vehicle for your brand messaging. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 Sep. 2025 The sounds of sweet barks, slurps from surrounding water bowls and giggles over the elaborate canine costumes filled the air. Mandi Wright, Freep.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for giggles
Noun
  • Major props are due to the tour’s clever production design, which has been conceived in a way that sometimes is played for broad laughs and sometimes more subtly sets up the themes of the material without the band members having to talk so much.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
  • As Cory's spacey, swoon-worthy big brother Eric, Friedle brought the laughs and, sometimes, the older child wisdom.
    Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • LaKeith Stanfield is an easy standout as Parker’s best friend Grofield, a passionate actor who moonlights as a criminal to fund his dead-end theater company — some of the movie’s heartiest chuckles come from the joy Grofield takes in getting to ham things up as part of the heist.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2025
  • But places that earn chuckles could be getting gasps and guffaws; moments that feel generally meditative could be devastating, if Lloyd were more interested in character work and less in mise en scène.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Police said the officers encountered Billings prior to hearing screams at the park.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Oct. 2025
  • So why does the sight of her, bottle-blonde and clad in a green dress that screams vintage Dream Factory glitz, still give off such deflating Jenny-from-the-block vibes?
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • By dusk, the men in the lake house—men with wives and girlfriends wisely absent—were cracking jokes about his comely dishevelment.
    Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Tell these jokes to your kids before trick-or-treating, around the campfire at a backyard Halloween party, or write them inside cards to share with at school on October 31.
    Fiona Tapp, Parents, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Giggles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/giggles. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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