different between squiggle vs giggle

English

Etymology

Probably a blend of squirm +? wiggle

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?skw??l?/
• Rhymes: -???l

Noun

squiggle (plural squiggles)

1. a short twisting or wiggling line or mark
2. (informal) the tilde
3. an illegible scrawl

Translations

Verb

squiggle (third-person singular simple present squiggles, present participle squiggling, simple past and past participle squiggled) (transitive, intransitive)

1. to wriggle or squirm
2. to make a squiggle
3. to write illegibly
4. To shake and wash a fluid about in the mouth with the lips closed.

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Translations

Derived terms

• squiggly

References

• squiggle at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Quiggles

English

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps a frequentative based on dialectal English gig (“to creak”), from Middle English gigen (“to make a creaking sound”) +? -le. Compare Middle English gigge, gige (“a squeaking sound; a creak”), Dutch giechelen, German kichern.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????l/
• Rhymes: -???l

Verb

giggle (third-person singular simple present giggles, present participle giggling, simple past and past participle giggled)

1. To laugh gently or in a high-pitched voice; to laugh in a silly or giddy way.

   The jokes had them giggling like little girls all evening.

Synonyms

• (laugh in a silly way): titter
• See also Thesaurus:laugh

Derived terms

• giggly

Translations

Noun

giggle (plural giggles)

1. A high-pitched, silly laugh.
2. (informal) Fun; an amusing episode.

   We put itching powder down his shirt for giggles.

   The women thought it would be quite a giggle to have a strippergram at the bride's hen party.

Synonyms

• (laugh): titter
• (amusement): amusement, fun, a joke, a laugh or laughs

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