I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a nervous smile/laugh/giggle
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‘It doesn’t matter,’ she said, with a nervous smile.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
again
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He tucks me up and he tucks Radish up too, and he kisses both our noses which makes me giggle again .
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We climbed up again and rolled down a second time, Mom sighing and giggling again, again.
■ NOUN
girl
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The girls would giggle and tell risqué stories.
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The other girls were giggling every step of the way.
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A girl giggled outside, steps sounded.
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And then the girl had giggled , in what Folly now realised was probably a nervous reaction.
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While the girls paraded upstairs, giggling at the glimmer of flesh they showed each other, Madeleine set to again.
■ VERB
begin
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Then one day we both began to giggle over what we had found out.
start
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As she dried herself, banging her elbows against the sides of the small compartment, she started to giggle .
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But Lesley-Jane certainly did, and she started to giggle .
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Then, realizing there was no point in trying to get up, she started in on another giggling jag.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Linda and Christina were giggling at some private joke.
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She giggled nervously and went bright pink.
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What are you two girls giggling about?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And Maggie had giggled and had indeed been comforted.
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But Lesley-Jane certainly did, and she started to giggle .
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He was giggling with pleasure and could not get the words out at first.
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She giggled and pouted as he chatted to her.
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Will the handsome minister save you? they giggled.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
nervous
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A few mouths dropped open and then there were a few nervous giggles .
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A sob rose in his throat, blending with an incredulous, nervous giggle framed by his lips.
■ VERB
get
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Has my colleague simply got the giggles ?
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Miguel got the serious giggles as he ran from the car, stumbling over bricks.
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Earlier, in the sixth round, Hulka got the giggles when the contest judges asked him to spell haggis.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a nervous giggle
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She collapsed in a fit of giggles.
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There were a few smothered giggles from the girls sitting by the pool.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A fourth, after asking if it were April the first, collapsed into giggles and hung up.
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I stuck one on my forehead for an afternoon, received a good many curious stares from colleagues, and got the giggles.
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In the pew opposite Willie were two ginger-haired girls trying to smother their giggles.
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It had something of a giggle to it.
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The thought of him being ten years old made the children want to giggle but they bit the giggles back.
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Wary sufferers will have learned to suffer silently lest they raise stifled giggles rather than sympathy.
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Zen and Crystal put their hands on her tummy and giggle when they feel the baby moving.