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–verb (used without object)
1.to laugh in a restrained, self-conscious, or affected way, as from nervousness or in ill-suppressed amusement.
–noun
2.a tittering laugh.

[Origin: 1610–20; perh. < Scand; cf. ON tittra to quiver, Sw (dial.) tittra to giggle]

tit·ter·er, noun
tit·ter·ing·ly, adverb

1. snicker, snigger, giggle.
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tit·ter    Audio Help   (tĭt'ər)  Pronunciation Key 
intr.v.   tit·tered, tit·ter·ing, tit·ters
To laugh in a restrained, nervous way; giggle.

n.   A nervous giggle.


[Probably imitative.]

tit'ter·er n., tit'ter·ing·ly adv.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
titter  (v.)
1619, "giggle in a suppressed or covert way," probably of imitative origin. The noun is first recorded 1728.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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titter

noun
1. a nervous restrained laugh 

verb
1. laugh nervously; "The girls giggled when the rock star came into the classroom" [syn: giggle

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titter [ˈtitə] verb
to giggle
Example: He tittered nervously.
Arabic: يَضْحَك ضِحْكَة مَكتومَه
Chinese (Simplified): 傻笑
Chinese (Traditional): 傻笑
Czech: hihňat se
Danish: fnise
Dutch: giechelen
Estonian: itsitama
Finnish: hihittää
French: rire sottement
German: kichern
Greek: χαχανίζω
Hungarian: kuncog
Icelandic: flissa
Indonesian: tertawa cekikikan
Italian: ridacchiare
Japanese: くすくす笑う
Korean: 소리죽여 웃다
Latvian: ķiķināt
Lithuanian: krizenti
Norwegian: fnise
Polish: chichotać
Portuguese (Brazil): rir nervosamente
Portuguese (Portugal): dar risadinhas
Romanian: a chicoti
Russian: хихикать
Slovak: chichotať sa
Slovenian: hihitati se
Spanish: reír nerviosamente, dar la risa tonta
Swedish: fnittra, fnissa
Turkish: kıkırdamak, kıkır kıkır gülmek
titter [ˈtitə] noun
a giggle
Arabic: ضِحْكَه مَكْتومَه
Chinese (Simplified): 傻笑
Chinese (Traditional): 傻笑
Czech: hihňání
Danish: fnisen
Dutch: gegiechel
Estonian: itsitus
Finnish: hihitys
French: petit rire sot
German: das Kichern
Greek: χάχανο
Hungarian: kuncog
Icelandic: fliss
Indonesian: tawa cekikikan
Italian: risolino
Japanese: くすくす笑い
Korean: 소리죽여 웃는 웃음
Latvian: ķiķināšana
Lithuanian: krizenimas
Norwegian: fnis(ing)
Polish: chichot
Portuguese (Brazil): risinho nervoso
Portuguese (Portugal): risadinha
Romanian: chicot
Russian: хихиканье
Slovak: chichotanie
Slovenian: hihitanje
Spanish: risita, risa nerviosa, *tonta
Swedish: fnitter, fniss
Turkish: kıkır kıkır gülüş
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Titter

Tit"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tittered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tittering.] [Probably of imitative origin.] 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Titter

Tit"ter\, n. A restrained laugh. "There was a titter of . . . delight on his countenance." --Coleridge.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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