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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 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.

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This

titter
noun
1.	a nervous restrained laugh
verb
1.	laugh nervously; "The girls giggled when the rock star came into the classroom" [syn: giggle]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
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

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.

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Titter

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

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