Definition of Titter

1. Noun. A nervous restrained laugh.

Generic synonyms: Laugh, Laughter

2. Verb. Laugh nervously. "The girls giggled when the rock star came into the classroom"
Exact synonyms: Giggle
Generic synonyms: Express Joy, Express Mirth, Laugh
Derivative terms: Giggle, Giggler, Titterer

Definition of Titter

1. v. t. To laugh with the tongue striking against the root of the upper teeth; to laugh with restraint, or without much noise; to giggle.

2. n. A restrained laugh.

3. v. i. To seesaw. See Teeter.

Definition of Titter

1. Noun. A nervous or repressed giggle. ¹

2. Verb. To laugh or giggle in a somewhat subdued manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Titter

1. to utter a restrained, nervous laugh [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Titter

titrating
titration
titrations
titrator
titrators
titre
titred
titres
titrimetric
titrimetry
titter (current term)
tittered
titterel
titterels
titterer
titterers
tittering
titteringly
titters
tittie
tittimouse
titting
tittish
tittivate

Literary usage of Titter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"... to titter, laugh out of season, flir, suppressed laughter. The two false ones with grete gre Stode and ..."

2. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"To titter a careat. To give legal notice that the opponent is not to proceed with the »nit in hand until the party giving the notice has been heard; ..."

3. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"vn To titter, to laugh in one's sleeve ; also pron. as in E. »nicker, Aberd. [To SX I ER, t-, л. ..."

4. Dr. Johnson & Fanny Burney by Fanny Burney (1911)
"tft MOV, Wf to a titter m Ft Mr». Thrale who, ofthe few a real regard for h and quite worship» Dr. ..."

5. The Vermont Historical Gazetteer: A Magazine, Embracing a History of Each by Abby Maria Hemenway, George W. Wing, Carrie Elizabeth Hemenway Page (1871)
"... REVERIE Upon the Anniversary of my hiri'i, and that of a titter. Three-score and one ! The youngest of eleven ! Two sleep be-ne:ith the prairie flowers ..."

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