giggle
giggle · giggles · giggled · giggling
хихикати
хихикать, хихикнуть
kichern
To laugh gently in a playful, nervous, or affected mannerTo laugh gently in a playful, nervous, or affected manner.
/ˈɡɪɡl̩/
» Tom is giggling.
Tom kichert.
Том хихикает.
Том гигоче.
Meaning
1 sensesTo laugh gently in a playful, nervous, or affected manner.
The jokes had them giggling like little girls all evening.
I couldn't resist to giggle a little tee hee.
kichern
хихи́катьxixíkatʹ, хихи́кнутьxixíknutʹ
хихи́катиxyxýkaty
More definitions
- laugh nervously
Examples
112 sentencesTom is giggling.
Том гигоче. — deniko
ruТом хихикает. — marafon
deTom kichert. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
What Tom said made Mary giggle.
What are you three giggling about?
The little girl giggled and ran away.
Tom starts giggling every time he sees Mary.
Translations
9 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
laugh:
Русский
By meaning 1
laugh:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
laugh:
Origin
Early 16th century, probably of imitative origin.Early 16th century, probably of imitative origin.
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Forms
giggles, giggling, giggled, giggledSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
6 related wordsRelatedgiggler
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle