giggle

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

GIG'GLE, noun A kind of laugh, with short catches of the voice or breath. GIG'GLE, verb intransitive To laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; to laugh in a silly, puerile manner; to titter; to grin with childish levity or mirth.
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