giggled
SayGIG-uhld/ˈɡɪɡl̩d/
- 1Simple past tense and past participle of giggle.
The students giggled quietly throughout the awkward presentation.
He has giggled at that same joke every single time.
Note
Giggle forms its past regularly, but because it already ends in -e, only -d is added. One spelling then serves both the simple past (they giggled) and the participle (she had giggled). Giggling is something a person does rather than something done to anyone, so the participle almost always follows have or had in a perfect tense rather than appearing in a passive.
giggled is a form of giggle
giggle, verb: To give a light, soft laugh, whether from playfulness, nervousness, or affectation. Full entry
- Spelling
- giggle → giggled: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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