titter
1 of 2verb
tit·ter ˈti-tər 
tittered; tittering; titters
intransitive verb
: to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle, snicker
titter
2 of 2noun
plural titters
: a quiet or nervous laugh : an act or instance of tittering
There were a few titters from the students.
Most importantly, I can see the candidates' body language when they're off-camera and hear the murmurs and titters in the crowd.
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Synonyms
Verb
- break up
- cackle
- chortle
- chuckle
- crack up
- giggle
- hee-haw
- laugh
- roar
- scream
- snicker
Noun
- belly laugh
- boff
- boffo
- boffola
- cachinnation
- cackle
- chortle
- chuckle
- giggle
- guffaw
- hee-haw
- horselaugh
- laugh
- laughter
- snicker
- snigger
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Example Sentences
Verb Some people in the audience tittered nervously during an awkward pause in the speech. even as students in the sex ed class continued to titter, the lecturer plowed ahead
Recent Examples on the Web Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2021 All hail sound designer Ben Burtt: The tittering probe droid, the braying AT-AT laserspray. Darren Franich, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2019 That didn’t seem to faze the opening-night audience, which tittered at each scandalous line. Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2019 The pass arrived just in time, and the crowd tittered in excitement. Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 3 Aug. 2019 Six floors below Picasso’s most famous painting the audience tittered. Chloe Malle, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2018 Make vibrant coral reef B-roll and penguin tittering a non-intrusive backdrop to your own animalistic instincts. Beca Grimm, GQ, 12 Feb. 2018 Two Lovers’’: sullen, mumbling, chewing gum, refusing to remove his sunglasses, barely interacting with Dave — the audience tittering uncomfortably — and then lashing out at him. Bret Easton Ellis, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2017 CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Moments after KyMe was no longer a Cleveland Cavalier on Tuesday night, wits tittered on Twitter that the Boston Celtics gave up heaven and flat Earth to get him. Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 22 Aug. 2017 See More
Verb
As a consumer product for those who titter, this production appears to check all the boxes. Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2021 All hail sound designer Ben Burtt: The tittering probe droid, the braying AT-AT laserspray. Darren Franich, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2019 That didn’t seem to faze the opening-night audience, which tittered at each scandalous line. Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2019 The pass arrived just in time, and the crowd tittered in excitement. Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 3 Aug. 2019 Six floors below Picasso’s most famous painting the audience tittered. Chloe Malle, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2018 Make vibrant coral reef B-roll and penguin tittering a non-intrusive backdrop to your own animalistic instincts. Beca Grimm, GQ, 12 Feb. 2018 Two Lovers’’: sullen, mumbling, chewing gum, refusing to remove his sunglasses, barely interacting with Dave — the audience tittering uncomfortably — and then lashing out at him. Bret Easton Ellis, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2017 CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Moments after KyMe was no longer a Cleveland Cavalier on Tuesday night, wits tittered on Twitter that the Boston Celtics gave up heaven and flat Earth to get him. Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 22 Aug. 2017 See More Word History
Etymology
Verb
imitative
First Known Use
Verb
circa 1625, in the meaning defined above
Noun
1711, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
titter 1 of 2
verb
tit·ter ˈti-tər
tittered; tittering
: to laugh in a quiet and nervous way
titter
2 of 2noun
: a nervous laugh
titters 1 of 2
noun
as in chuckles
an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement a titter swept through the crowd at his verbal slip Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- chuckles
- laughters
- giggles
- laughs
- snickers
- sniggers
- guffaws
- smiles
- chortles
- cackles
- grins
- smirks
- belly laughs
- twitters
- horselaughs
- cachinnations
- boffs
- boffos
- crows
- hee-haws
- whoops
- simpers
- boffolas
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- groans
- moans
- cries
- sobs
- wails
- grimaces
- mouths
- faces
- frowns
- lowers
- scowls
- pouts
- lours
titters
2 of 2verb
as in laughs
to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound even as students in the sex ed class continued to titter, the lecturer plowed ahead Synonyms & Similar Words
- laughs
- giggles
- chuckles
- screams
- smiles
- chortles
- snickers
- grins
- cackles
- roars
- twitters
- cracks up
- hee-haws
- splits one's sides
- breaks up
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- cries
- sobs
- howls
- bawls
- weeps
- groans
- wails
- whines
- blubbers
- yowls
- whimpers
- sighs
- moans
- bleats
- squalls
- pules
- sniffles
- snivels
- abdicates
- abdicating
- abdication
- abdications
- abdicator
- abdicators
- abdom
- abdomen
- abdomens
- abdomin-
- abdominal
- abdominal cavities
- abdominal cavity
- abdominal fin
- abdominal pore
- abdominal pouch
- abdominal respiration
- abdominal rib
- abdominally
- abdominals
- abdomino-
- abdominocenteses
- abdominocentesises
- abdominocentesisses
- abdominousnesses