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单词 giggling
释义
giggling
present participle ofgiggle
giggle
verb[I]
uk
/ˈɡɪɡ.əl/us
/ˈɡɪɡ.əl/
C2
tolaughrepeatedlyin aquietbutuncontrolledway, often at somethingsillyorrudeor when you arenervous:
Stop that giggling in the backrow!
Synonym
tittermainlyUK
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.
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More examples
  • We giggled at the back of theroomlikenaughtyschoolchildren.
  • I couldn'thelpgiggling at thesightof Mum and Dadstandingthere,drippingwet.
  • He was gigglinguncontrollablyand had toleavetheroomtopullhimself together.
  • When shesuddenlystartedtosing, we alllookedat each other andstartedto giggle.
  • What are you giggling about? Have I said somethingfunny?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Laughing and smiling
  • amused
  • be all smilesidiom
  • be in convulsionsidiom
  • be rolling in the aislesidiom
  • be wreathed in smilesidiom
  • bust
  • dissolve
  • gale
  • gales of laughteridiom
  • giggle
  • giggler
  • giggly
  • grin
  • quake
  • rictus
  • say cheeseidiom
  • simper
  • smile
  • smiling
  • stitch
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(Definition ofgigglingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgiggling

giggling

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 fromgiggling.
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Have they reached thegigglingstage when they are ready to laugh, at anything?
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He sits there either not listening orgiggling.
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I noticed that he satgigglingthroughout most of the debate on the previous group of new clauses.
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Gigglingis the only logic that they can put forward.
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He should not be sitting theregigglingaway 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 thosegigglingpublic schoolboys got down from their ivory towers and went among dock workers and their families.
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Outside people do not understand thegigglingbecause they feel the problems.
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I shall now say it, in view of thegiggling.
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He thinks that his inanegigglingis an answer to every debate.
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I assume that he isgigglingnow because he realises that the small business sector will not shrink.
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They are like a lot ofgigglinggirls.
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They should keep that in mind before they startgiggling, or they should go outside and do their homework.
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They talk of little boys of six and sevengigglingand joking over the pictures, while the little girls do not know what to do.
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