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词汇 giggling
释义 giggling
present participle ofgiggle
giggle
verb[ I ]
uk /ˈɡɪɡ.əl/ us /ˈɡɪɡ.əl/
C2
to laugh repeatedly in a quiet but uncontrolled way, often at something silly or rude or when you are nervous: (因为感到有趣、窘迫或紧张而)咯咯地笑,傻笑
Stop that giggling in the back row!别在后面傻笑!
Synonym
tittermainly UK
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to laugh
laughThe children were laughing at the cartoons.
chuckleShe was chuckling as she read the letter.
giggleThe girls were giggling at the back of the classroom.
sniggerThey sniggered at what she was wearing.
snickerUSStop snickering at that rude joke and get back to your classwork.
chortleShe chortled with glee at the news.
We giggled at the back of the room like naughty schoolchildren.
I couldn't help giggling at the sight of Mum and Dad standing there, dripping wet.
He was giggling uncontrollably and had to leave the room to pull himself together.
When she suddenly started to sing, we all looked at each other and started to giggle.
What are you giggling about? Have I said something funny?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Laughing and smiling
a gleam in your eyeidiom
amused
be all smilesidiom
be in convulsionsidiom
be rolling in the aislesidiom
be wreathed in smilesidiom
burst
cheesy
crease
dissolve
giggle
giggler
gigglingly
giggly
not know whether to laugh or cryidiom
piss yourself (laughing)idiom
quake
rictus
say cheeseidiom
simper

Examples of giggling


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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


No one would grudge them any solace they can get from giggling.
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Have they reached the giggling stage when they are ready to laugh, at anything?
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He sits there either not listening or giggling.
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I noticed that he sat giggling throughout most of the debate on the previous group of new clauses.
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Giggling is the only logic that they can put forward.
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He should not be sitting there giggling away to himself.
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I am shocked that, in a debate on such a serious subject, they are laughing, giggling, smirking and making hopelessly ignorant interventions.
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It is about time that those giggling public schoolboys got down from their ivory towers and went among dock workers and their families.
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Outside people do not understand the giggling because they feel the problems.
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I shall now say it, in view of the giggling.
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He thinks that his inane giggling is an answer to every debate.
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I assume that he is giggling now because he realises that the small business sector will not shrink.
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They should keep that in mind before they start giggling, or they should go outside and do their homework.
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They talk of little boys of six and seven giggling and joking over the pictures, while the little girls do not know what to do.
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I can see that he is giggling all over his face, to use his preferred phrase, but he must contain himself for a moment.
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