giggles

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noun

An attack of uncontrolled giggling.

“She was seized with a bad case of the giggles.”

Less commonScrabble 10

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of giggle
noungiggles pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyAn attack of uncontrolled giggling.

    She was seized with a bad case of the giggles.

verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of giggle

Translations

Czech záchvat
  • záchvatattack of giggling
Danish latterkrampe, krampelatter
  • latterkrampeattack of giggling
  • krampelatterattack of giggling
  • latteranfaldattack of giggling
  • grineanfaldattack of giggling
  • grineflipattack of giggling
Dutch slappe lach, lachkick
  • slappe lachattack of giggling
  • lachkickattack of giggling
Finnish naurukohtaus, hepuli
  • naurukohtausattack of giggling
  • hepuliattack of giggling
French fou rire
  • fou rireattack of giggling
German Lachkrampf, Lachanfall
  • Lachkrampfattack of giggling
  • Lachanfallattack of giggling
  • Lachflashattack of giggling
Hungarian nevetőgörcs
  • nevetőgörcsattack of giggling
Italian risarella, ridarella
  • risarellaattack of giggling
  • ridarellaattack of giggling
Japanese わらいころげ, 笑い転げ
  • わらいころげattack of giggling
  • 笑い転げ (waraikoroge)attack of giggling
Norwegian latterkick, latterkrampe
  • latterkickattack of giggling
  • latterkrampeattack of giggling
  • latterkuleattack of giggling
  • lættisattack of giggling
  • lattisattack of giggling
Polish napad śmiechu, śmiechawka
  • napad śmiechuattack of giggling
  • śmiechawkaattack of giggling
Spanish ataque de risa
  • ataque de risaattack of giggling
Swedish skrattkramp
  • skrattkrampattack of giggling
Turkish kahkaha fırtınası
  • kahkaha fırtınasıattack of giggling
Cite this entry
APA

giggles. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/giggles

MLA

“giggles.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/giggles. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “giggles,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/giggles.

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