"giggle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɪɡl̩/ Audio: en-us-giggle.ogg Forms: giggles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪɡəl Etymology: Early 16th century, probably of imitative origin. Or, perhaps a frequentative based on dialectal English gig (“to creak”), from Middle English gigen (“to make a creaking sound”) + -le; or perhaps of Dutch or Low German origin: compare Saterland Frisian güüchelje (“to giggle”), West Frisian giechelje (“to giggle”), Dutch giechelen (“to giggle”), German Low German giecheln (“to giggle”), dialectal German giggln, gigglen (“to giggle”), German gickeln (“to giggle”). All of these words are likely onomatopoeic as well. Also compare Alemannic German Guege (“fiddle”). Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en|title=imitative}} imitative, {{der|en|enm|gigen|t=to make a creaking sound}} Middle English gigen (“to make a creaking sound”), {{suf|en||le}} + -le, {{der|en|nl|-}} Dutch, {{der|en|nds|-}} Low German, {{cog|stq|güüchelje|t=to giggle}} Saterland Frisian güüchelje (“to giggle”), {{cog|fy|giechelje|t=to giggle}} West Frisian giechelje (“to giggle”), {{cog|nl|giechelen|t=to giggle}} Dutch giechelen (“to giggle”), {{cog|nds-de|giecheln|t=to giggle}} German Low German giecheln (“to giggle”), {{cog|de|giggln}} German giggln, {{cog|de|gickeln|t=to giggle}} German gickeln (“to giggle”), {{cog|gsw|Guege|t=fiddle}} Alemannic German Guege (“fiddle”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} giggle (plural giggles)
  1. A high-pitched, silly laugh. Categories (topical): Laughter Synonyms (laugh): titter Translations (laugh): اِفْتِرَار (iftirār) [masculine] (Arabic), اِنْكِلَال (inkilāl) [masculine] (Arabic), кикот (kikot) [masculine] (Bulgarian), хихикане (hihikane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), rialleta [feminine] (Catalan), fnis [neuter] (Danish), gegiechel [neuter] (Dutch), kikatus (Finnish), gloussement [masculine] (French), risiña [feminine] (Galician), ხითხითი (xitxiti) (Georgian), Gekicher [neuter] (German), χάχανο (cháchano) [neuter] (Greek), кикот (kikot) [masculine] (Macedonian), кикотница (kikotnica) [feminine] (Macedonian), fnising [common-gender] (Norwegian), knising [common-gender] (Norwegian), ریسه (rise) (Persian), chichot [masculine] (Polish), risadinha [feminine] (Portuguese), хихи́канье (xixíkanʹje) [neuter] (Russian), kıkırdama (Turkish), cilchwerthiniad [masculine] (Welsh), piff [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-giggle-en-noun-~PVRJqQo Disambiguation of Laughter: 44 12 44 Categories (other): English calculator words Disambiguation of English calculator words: 35 37 28 Disambiguation of 'laugh': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'laugh': 100 0
  2. (informal) Fun; an amusing episode. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Laughter Synonyms (amusement): amusement, fun, a joke, a laugh, laughs
    Sense id: en-giggle-en-noun-KXAjRcHS Disambiguation of Laughter: 44 12 44 Categories (other): English calculator words Disambiguation of English calculator words: 35 37 28 Disambiguation of 'amusement': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: church giggle, giggle academy, giggle berries, giggle bin, giggle box, giggle dust, giggle factory, giggle gas, giggle hat, giggle house, giggle juice, giggle soup, giggle stick, giggle suit, giggle water, giggle waterfor shits and giggles, hit and giggle, shits and giggles

Verb

IPA: /ˈɡɪɡl̩/ Audio: en-us-giggle.ogg Forms: giggles [present, singular, third-person], giggling [participle, present], giggled [participle, past], giggled [past]
Rhymes: -ɪɡəl Etymology: Early 16th century, probably of imitative origin. Or, perhaps a frequentative based on dialectal English gig (“to creak”), from Middle English gigen (“to make a creaking sound”) + -le; or perhaps of Dutch or Low German origin: compare Saterland Frisian güüchelje (“to giggle”), West Frisian giechelje (“to giggle”), Dutch giechelen (“to giggle”), German Low German giecheln (“to giggle”), dialectal German giggln, gigglen (“to giggle”), German gickeln (“to giggle”). All of these words are likely onomatopoeic as well. Also compare Alemannic German Guege (“fiddle”). Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en|title=imitative}} imitative, {{der|en|enm|gigen|t=to make a creaking sound}} Middle English gigen (“to make a creaking sound”), {{suf|en||le}} + -le, {{der|en|nl|-}} Dutch, {{der|en|nds|-}} Low German, {{cog|stq|güüchelje|t=to giggle}} Saterland Frisian güüchelje (“to giggle”), {{cog|fy|giechelje|t=to giggle}} West Frisian giechelje (“to giggle”), {{cog|nl|giechelen|t=to giggle}} Dutch giechelen (“to giggle”), {{cog|nds-de|giecheln|t=to giggle}} German Low German giecheln (“to giggle”), {{cog|de|giggln}} German giggln, {{cog|de|gickeln|t=to giggle}} German gickeln (“to giggle”), {{cog|gsw|Guege|t=fiddle}} Alemannic German Guege (“fiddle”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} giggle (third-person singular simple present giggles, present participle giggling, simple past and past participle giggled)
  1. To laugh gently in a playful, nervous, or affected manner. Categories (topical): Laughter Synonyms: titter, laugh Derived forms: church giggles, giggler, gigglish, gigglesome, giggling Gertie, gigglingly, giggly Translations (laugh): κιχλίζω (kikhlízō) (Ancient Greek), barre egin (Basque), кикотя се (kikotja se) (Bulgarian), хихикам (hihikam) (Bulgarian), 傻笑 (shǎxiào) (Chinese Mandarin), 痴笑 (chīxiào) (Chinese Mandarin), (xī) (Chinese Mandarin), fnise (Danish), giechelen (Dutch), subridi (Esperanto), subridaĉi (Esperanto), itsitama (Estonian), kikattaa (Finnish), tirskua (Finnish), glousser (French), rir (Galician), ხითხითებს (xitxitebs) (Georgian), ხითხითი (xitxiti) (Georgian), kichern (German), χαχανίζω (chachanízo) (Greek), kuncog (Hungarian), vihog (Hungarian), flissa (Icelandic), kitissä (Ingrian), ridacchiare (Italian), くすくす笑う (kusukusu warau) (Japanese), けらけら笑う (kerakera warau) (Japanese), kikenti (Lithuanian), кикоти (kikoti) (Macedonian), се кикоти (se kikoti) (Macedonian), tīhohe (Maori), tīhohehohe (Maori), kata tīhohehohe (Maori), fnise (Norwegian), knise (Norwegian), ریسه رفتن (english: rise raftan) (Persian), chichotać (Polish), dar risadinhas (Portuguese), chicoti (Romanian), хихи́кать (xixíkatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), хихи́кнуть (xixíknutʹ) [perfective] (Russian), reír (Spanish), fnittra (Swedish), fnissa (Swedish), bungisngis (Tagalog), kıkırdamak (Turkish), хихи́кати (xyxýkaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), piffian (Welsh), cilchwerthin (Welsh), כיכיקען (khikhiken) (Yiddish)
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Inflected forms

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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "word": "嘻"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "laugh",
          "word": "fnise"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
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        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
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          "word": "subridi"
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        {
          "code": "eo",
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          "sense": "laugh",
          "word": "subridaĉi"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "laugh",
          "word": "itsitama"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "laugh",
          "word": "kikattaa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "laugh",
          "word": "tirskua"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "laugh",
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        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "laugh",
          "word": "rir"
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        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "xitxitebs",
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          "word": "ხითხითებს"
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        {
          "code": "ka",
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        {
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "laugh",
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        {
          "code": "el",
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        {
          "code": "grc",
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          "code": "hu",
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        {
          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "laugh",
          "word": "vihog"
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          "code": "is",
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          "word": "flissa"
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        {
          "code": "izh",
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          "word": "kitissä"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
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          "word": "ridacchiare"
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        {
          "code": "ja",
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          "word": "くすくす笑う"
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        {
          "code": "ja",
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        {
          "code": "kn",
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          "note": "[script needed] (vyangya nage)",
          "sense": "laugh"
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        {
          "code": "kn",
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          "note": "[script needed] (kisi)",
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        {
          "code": "kn",
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          "note": "[script needed] (kisiyuvudu)",
          "sense": "laugh"
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        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "laugh",
          "word": "kikenti"
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        {
          "code": "mk",
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        {
          "code": "mk",
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          "roman": "se kikoti",
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        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
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          "word": "tīhohe"
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        {
          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "laugh",
          "word": "tīhohehohe"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
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          "word": "kata tīhohehohe"
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        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
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          "word": "fnise"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "laugh",
          "word": "knise"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "english": "rise raftan",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "laugh",
          "word": "ریسه رفتن"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "laugh",
          "word": "chichotać"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "laugh",
          "word": "dar risadinhas"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
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          "word": "chicoti"
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        {
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "xixíkatʹ",
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        {
          "code": "es",
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          "word": "reír"
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "laugh",
          "word": "fnittra"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "laugh",
          "word": "fnissa"
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          "code": "tl",
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "laugh",
          "word": "kıkırdamak"
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        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "xyxýkaty",
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          "code": "cy",
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        {
          "code": "cy",
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          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "khikhiken",
          "sense": "laugh",
          "word": "כיכיקען"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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      "sense": "laugh",
      "word": "barre egin"
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "laugh",
      "word": "itsitama"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "laugh",
      "word": "kikattaa"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "laugh",
      "word": "tirskua"
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      "sense": "laugh",
      "word": "rir"
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      "code": "izh",
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "no",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "cy",
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      "word": "cilchwerthin"
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      "code": "yi",
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      "word": "giggle berries"
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      "word": "giggle dust"
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      "word": "giggle factory"
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      "word": "giggle gas"
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      "word": "giggle hat"
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      "word": "giggle house"
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      "word": "giggle juice"
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      "word": "giggle soup"
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      "word": "giggle suit"
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Patricia Newell-Dunkley, Letters of a Travelling Lady, page 16:",
          "text": "For my first English breakfast I had kippers and pink champagne - what a combination, still it was a bit of a giggle and I know I've really arrived.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Fun; an amusing episode."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Fun",
          "fun"
        ],
        [
          "amusing",
          "amusing"
        ],
        [
          "episode",
          "episode"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Fun; an amusing episode."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɪɡl̩/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-giggle.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/09/En-us-giggle.ogg/En-us-giggle.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/En-us-giggle.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪɡəl"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "laugh",
      "word": "titter"
    },
    {
      "sense": "amusement",
      "word": "amusement"
    },
    {
      "sense": "amusement",
      "word": "fun"
    },
    {
      "sense": "amusement",
      "word": "a joke"
    },
    {
      "sense": "amusement",
      "word": "a laugh"
    },
    {
      "sense": "amusement",
      "word": "laughs"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "iftirār",
      "sense": "laugh",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "اِفْتِرَار"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "inkilāl",
      "sense": "laugh",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "اِنْكِلَال"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kikot",
      "sense": "laugh",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кикот"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hihikane",
      "sense": "laugh",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "хихикане"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "laugh",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rialleta"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "laugh",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fnis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "laugh",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gegiechel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "laugh",
      "word": "kikatus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "laugh",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gloussement"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "laugh",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "risiña"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "xitxiti",
      "sense": "laugh",
      "word": "ხითხითი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "laugh",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Gekicher"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "cháchano",
      "sense": "laugh",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "χάχανο"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kikot",
      "sense": "laugh",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кикот"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kikotnica",
      "sense": "laugh",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кикотница"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "laugh",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fnising"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "laugh",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "knising"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "rise",
      "sense": "laugh",
      "word": "ریسه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "laugh",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chichot"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "laugh",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "risadinha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xixíkanʹje",
      "sense": "laugh",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "хихи́канье"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "laugh",
      "word": "kıkırdama"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "laugh",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cilchwerthiniad"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "laugh",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piff"
    }
  ],
  "word": "giggle"
}

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