Definition of titter Titter

/tɪˈtɚ/ - [titer] - tit•ter

We found 9 definitions of titter from 5 different sources.

What does titter mean?

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Noun

Plural: titters

titter - a nervous restrained laugh

laughter, laugh the activity of laughing; the manifestation of joy or mirth or scorn; "he enjoyed the laughter of the crowd"

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Wiktionary

titter (Noun)
A nervous or repressed giggle.
titter (Verb)
To laugh or giggle in a somewhat subdued manner.
titter (Verb)
To teeter; to seesaw.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

titter (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.
titter (n.)
A restrained laugh.
titter (v. i.)
To seesaw. See Teeter.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

titter
tit′ėr, v.i. to giggle, snicker, or laugh with the tongue striking the teeth: to laugh restrainedly.—n. a restrained laugh.—ns. Titterā′tion, a fit of giggling; Titt′erer, one who titters. [M. E. titeren, to tattle. Prob. imit.]

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titter, verb, present, 1st person singular of titter (infinitive).
titter, verb (infinitive).
titter, noun, singular of titters.

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