Word Meanings - GRIN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A snare; a gin. Like a bird that hasteth to his grin. Remedy of Love.

GIGGLE
To laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; to laugh in a light, affected, or silly manner; to titter with childish levity. Giggling and laughing with all their might At the piteous hap of the fairy wight. J. R. Drake. (more info) Etym:
SNIGGER
See THACKERAY
TITTER-TOTTER
See TEETER
CHUCKLEHEAD
A person with a large head; a numskull; a dunce. Knowles.
TITTEREL
The whimbrel.
CACKLE
gackeln, gackern; all of imitative origin. Cf. Gagle, Cake to 1. To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does. When every goose is cackling. Shak. 2. To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle.
CACHINNATION
Loud or immoderate laughter; -- often a symptom of hysterical or maniacal affections. Hideous grimaces . . . attended this unusual cachinnation. Sir W. Scott. (more info) aloud, cf Gr.
CACKLER
1. A fowl that cackles. 2. One who prattles, or tells tales; a tattler.
GIGGLER
One who giggles or titters.
TITTER
To laugh with the tongue striking against the root of the upper teeth; to laugh with restraint, or without much noise; to giggle. A group of tittering pages ran before. Longfellow. (more info) Etym:
CHUCKLEHEADED
Having a large head; thickheaded; dull; stupid. Smart.
CHUCKLE
Etym: 1. To call, as a hen her chickens; to cluck. Dryden. 2. To fondle; to cocker. Dryden.