titter

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪtə(r)

Noun

titter (plural titters)

1. A nervous or repressed giggle.
   • Coleridge

     There was a titter of […] delight on his countenance.

Translations

nervous or repressed giggle

• Finnish: hihitys (fi)
• Polish: chichot (pl)

• Russian: смешок (ru) (smešok) m

Verb

titter (third-person singular simple present titters, present participle tittering, simple past and past participle tittered)

1. To laugh or giggle in a somewhat subdued manner.
   • Longfellow

     A group of tittering pages ran before.

2. (obsolete) To teeter; to seesaw.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:laugh

Translations

to laugh or giggle in a somewhat subdued manner

• Finnish: hihittää (fi)
• French: pouffer (fr) de rire

• Polish: chichotać (pl)
• Russian: хихикать (ru) (xixikatʹ)