giggle
意味
- 〈女の子が〉(…に)くすくす笑う,忍び笑いする;くすくす笑って言う《+at+名》
- …を笑いながら言う
- (女の子の)くすくす笑い,忍び笑い
例文
Giggling with embarrassment, she held out the condom.
彼女はうふふと照れながらコンドームを差し出した。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Early 16th century, probably of imitative origin. Or, perhaps a frequentative based on dialectal English gig (“to creak”), from Middle English gigen (“to make a creaking sound”) + -le; or perhaps of Dutch or Low German origin: compare Saterland Frisian güüchelje (“to giggle”), West Frisian giechelje (“to giggle”), Dutch giechelen (“to giggle”), German Low German giecheln (“to giggle”), dialectal German giggln, gigglen (“to giggle”), German gickeln (“to giggle”). All of these words are likely onomatopoeic as well. Also compare Alemannic German Guege (“fiddle”).