- giggle at someone or something
- giggle at someone or somethingto snicker or chuckle at someone or something. •
Are you giggling at me?
•Fran giggled at the antics of the clown.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
giggle at someone or something
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giggle — gig|gle1 [ˈgıgəl] v past tense and past participle giggled present participle giggling [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: From the sound] to laugh quickly, quietly, and in a high voice, because something is funny or because you are nervous or embarrassed… … Dictionary of contemporary English
giggle — [[t]gɪ̱g(ə)l[/t]] giggles, giggling, giggled 1) VERB If someone giggles, they laugh in a childlike way, because they are amused, nervous, or embarrassed. Both girls began to giggle... [V with quote] I beg your pardon? she giggled. [V ing] ...a… … English dictionary
giggle — gig|gle1 [ gıgl ] verb intransitive * to laugh in a nervous, excited, or silly way that is difficult to control: The children whispered and giggled all the way through the film. giggle at: She giggles at the smallest thing. giggle gig|gle 2 [… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
giggle — I UK [ˈɡɪɡ(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms giggle : present tense I/you/we/they giggle he/she/it giggles present participle giggling past tense giggled past participle giggled * to laugh in a nervous, excited, or silly way that is… … English dictionary
laugh — laugh1 W2S2 [la:f US læf] v [: Old English; Origin: hliehhan] 1.) to make sounds with your voice, usually while you are smiling, because you think something is funny ▪ Maria looked at him and laughed. laugh at/about ▪ I didn t know what I was… … Dictionary of contemporary English
laugh — I UK [lɑːf] / US [læf] verb [intransitive] Word forms laugh : present tense I/you/we/they laugh he/she/it laughs present participle laughing past tense laughed past participle laughed *** Other ways of saying laugh: giggle to laugh in a nervous… … English dictionary
help — [[t]he̱lp[/t]] ♦ helps, helping, helped 1) VERB If you help someone, you make it easier for them to do something, for example by doing part of the work for them or by giving them advice or money. [V to inf/inf] He has helped to raise a lot of… … English dictionary
giggled, giggling — verb (I) to laugh quietly and often like a child, because something is funny, or because you are nervous or embarrassed: If you can t stop giggling you ll have to leave the classroom. giggly adjective 2 noun 1 (C) a quiet, repeated laugh: She… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
laugh*/*/*/ — [lɑːf] verb I 1) to make the noise with your voice that shows that you think that something is funny We talked and laughed late into the night.[/ex] The audience didn t laugh at his jokes.[/ex] They were still laughing about the experience years… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
stifle — [[t]sta͟ɪf(ə)l[/t]] stifles, stifling, stifled 1) VERB (disapproval) If someone stifles something you consider to be a good thing, they prevent it from continuing. [V n] Regulations on children stifled creativity... [V n] Critics have accused the … English dictionary
List of Little Miss characters — The following is a list of Little Miss characters from the children s book series by Roger Hargreaves; the series was also adapted into The Mr. Men Show. Books one (Little Miss Bossy) to thirty (Little Miss Somersault) were written by Hargreaves… … Wikipedia
