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plural of giggle

giggles

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verb

present tense third-person singular of giggle

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of giggles
Noun
Meanwhile, donning night-vision giggles, Knoxville gleefully attacks them with trash can lids and tasers. Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026 Keira Knightley is all giggles at day 12 of the 2026 Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London on July 10. People Staff, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026 These giggles evolved to best suit animals’ different social lives, said Brittany Florkiewicz, who studies animal communication at Lyon College and had no role in the new research. ABC News, 25 June 2026 These days, fear and absurdity walk hand in hand, and anyone who’s scrolled a news feed knows how quickly abject terror can morph into cathartic giggles. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 17 June 2026 One highlight of this tenure was his descent into a fit of giggles while interviewing Carol Channing. Mark Kennedy, Fortune, 15 June 2026 Judging by the increasingly loud chatter and giggles, the constantly refilled carafes of house red wine were a hit amongst our group—and the rest of the diners that night. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 June 2026 Smith’s memories of the inseparable pair are a blur of giggles and teenage girl high jinks. Tanya Babbar, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2026 The pair then burst into another fit of giggles. Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026
Verb
But Alexca, a bubbly toddler who giggles and runs about, has conquered her grandmother’s heart. Julie Watson, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026 Herbert then grabs Beer's face and pulls her in for a kiss as the singer giggles. Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 7 May 2026 The teaser video that followed showed a device straight out of a sci-fi film, something between Wall-E and BB-8, with a camera that giggles and swivels on command. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025 At one point, Gracie Abrams giggles with Swift behind the scenes, while Carpenter appears in a t-shirt and sits on a couch as the trek’s headliner practices guitar. Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for giggles
Noun
  • One part sends me to therapy, the other keeps me sane [laughs].
    Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • That joke landed, receiving laughs and applause from the crowd.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 8 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Brian Leonard’s smartly funny ode to his difficult daughter — a child whose behavior was so problematic, the family cycled through 28 therapists — offers plenty of chuckles, even with key questions left unanswered.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The risk, though, with horror-comedy—with dinging from chuckles to shrieks and back again—is always an evacuated center.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
Verb
  • The audience screams in response, and Scovel scolds them again but this time with a smile.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Witness accounts describe chaotic scene In the video, as many as five officers can be seen, and shrieks, screams, and cries are heard.
    Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Behind the jokes, some campaigns have carried serious messages, like a man dressed as a fox advocating for animal rights who stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Burnham when the former Manchester mayor returned to parliament in June.
    Reagan Yip, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • There were lots of jokes, memes and even a Jimmy Fallon skit.
    Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • There were snickers from some of the other students, including a tall and lank-haired kid whose name Adele didn’t know.
    Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • The event also had free opportunities to take photos, get ice cream snickers and have earned a Super Bowl post card.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado Updated February 5, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026

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“Giggles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/giggles. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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