giggle
verb (used without object)
to laugh in a silly, often high-pitched way, especially with short, repeated gasps and titters, as from juvenile or ill-concealed amusement or nervous embarrassment.
was giggling
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past progressiveof giggle.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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"I was giggling, thinking, this can't be serious. I thought they meant Cardiff - not my actual house."
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2025
“It was the easiest thing in the world for me to do, and I was giggling while I was doing it.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2023
"Lestat's blood was giggling inside me; teasing my senses, illuminating the District with overwhelming detail, as if I'd walked my entire life as a dead man," Louis says.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2022
Nearby, Kelsi Morse, 27, a White female asexual queer advertising traffic manager, was giggling with her friend, Bianca Phipps, 26, a Latino trans nonbinary queer poet and cancer lab research assistant.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 29, 2021
Tears were streaming down Gram’s face she was giggling so hard.
From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech
