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tit⋅ter

  [tit-er]
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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

Related forms:
tit⋅ter⋅er, noun
tit⋅ter⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. snicker, snigger, giggle.
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tit·ter   (tĭt'ər)   
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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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.

Titter

Tit"ter\, n. A restrained laugh. "There was a titter of . . . delight on his countenance." --Coleridge.

Titter

Tit"ter\, v. i. To seesaw. See Teeter.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : titter
Spanish: reír nerviosamente, dar la risa tonta,
German: kichern,
Japanese: くすくす笑う
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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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