Definition of titter in English:

titter

verb ˈtɪtəˈtɪdər

[no object]

Give a short, half-suppressed laugh; giggle.
her stutter caused the children to titter
Example sentencesExamples
- They squeaked and tittered and scolded each other.
- Brown flashed a knowing look into the gallery, and a few people, for want of a better word, tittered.
- He read the passage in his Southern drawl as Jay and the audience tittered.
- All dressed in lovely spring gowns, the young women giggled and tittered, no better than my twelve-year-old sister.
- Call me a cynic, but I tittered when I heard a rumour that a high street bank considering sponsoring student comedy shows.
- The class tittered in silent laugher and low snickers.
- When he proclaimed that ‘God is still sovereign, no matter what federal judges say,’ the crowd tittered and applauded.
- The rest of the audience tittered as the main character made baby-noises and hopped across stage, pausing and turning to stare at the enraptured hundreds at every step.
- The crowd of Recruits behind Sam tittered with amusement.
- But even beyond that, she had a great sense of humor, and while the other women tittered, she had a rich, throaty laugh.
- Anyway, she told this joke that I thought was so funny I hooted with laughter, which was quite embarrassing as the rest of the audience only tittered politely.
- They tittered and hurried away into a room behind them.
- The audience titters nervously, not laughing with the melodrama, but at it.
- Yes the Boss was there in his ‘casual’ clothes, making sure he had a word or two with everyone, making jovial quips that we all tittered to and then wished that either you or he were somewhere else.
- He riffed on that theme while the crowd tittered.
- The rest of the class tittered as I told him in my sternest teacher voice that we would be having a class bathroom break once everyone was quiet and in his seat.
- Later on the custom was abolished because vulgar people tittered and the dignity of the elephants or their mahouts was wounded.
- As he disappeared down the train all the chaps tittered.
- Women tittered nervously at the implications of age and sexual boundaries.
- His daughter tittered behind her slim, white hand.
Synonyms
giggle, snigger, snicker, tee-hee, give a half-suppressed laugh, chuckle
smirk, sneer, simper

nounˈtɪtəˈtɪdər

A short, half-suppressed laugh.
there were titters from the gallery
Example sentencesExamples
- The comment earned a titter of laughter from her fellow Oath-takers.
- This was followed by a titter of female laughter and a hushed, ‘Stop it, Henry!’
- Even the mention of the word ‘bra’ could provoke a snort of laughter in the Sixties if not an outbreak of titters.
- ‘I don't go into any tournament thinking it would be great to lose,’ he growled to a series of nervous titters from his audience.
- Literally hundreds of people heard him, with great laughter from the Kilkenny supporters and nervous titters from the Tipp lads.
- While reading, I ranged from smiles to titters to outright belly laughs.
- We, the lurking mass of mums, immediately went into ‘dearie me/never mind/accidents happen’ mode, but as soon as the poor kid had squelched off home, the titters began.
- There were lots of head shaking, raised eyebrows and titters of laughter as Bacon got himself into a hole and kept digging.
- The sound of nerves jangling followed swiftly by titters of laughter tinged with relief percolating through the air has become a common occurrence at White Hart Lane in recent weeks.
- There was a titter of laughter but we smothered it before it became a guffaw.
- It describes a show in a small theatre space, where the performer establishes a close relationship (no titters please) with the audience.
- The titter of laughter that went up at the end of many choruses was composed of a mixture of mirth and self-recognition.
- I guess it was funny to some people because there was a titter of laughter.
- In a truly democratic fashion, she encouraged comments from the gathering, all the time trying to poke fun at everything, and causing titters, chuckles and guffaws to break out intermittently.
- One possible reaction was laughter, although a very different laughter to the embarrassed titters of a modern school group when sex-ed comes around.
- These will now be broadcast on Radio Scotland on Saturdays later in the year, so everyone will have a chance for both a titter and, in parts, a great big belly laugh.
- The nervous assemblage of 160 immigrants ready to raise their right hand and swear the ‘Oath of Allegiance’ breaks into titters.
- Moore was hoping for some polite titters, but the audience exploded into laughter.
- You will be giving a lot of laughs, smiles, giggles, chuckles, hoots, snorts, cackle, titters, grins and guffaws.
- There was admiring applause at the end but little more than titters throughout a show misguidedly billed as ‘hilariously funny’.
Synonyms
giggle, snigger, snicker, tee-hee, half-suppressed laugh, chuckle
smirk, sneer, simper

Derivatives

titterer

noun

It was a rant I had heard before so I paid more attention to the titterers dancing than him.
Example sentencesExamples
- Sitting at the back of the house, an actress - who dishonestly announces that she is not an actress - chides the titterers for their embarrassment.
- I do like to giggle with the gigglers and titterers but moving off is always as much as a pleasure as arriving.
- Sycophantic titterers aside, the audience was having none of it, and several expressed their shock and empathy in the interval.
- The titterers must have actually thought it was genuinely amusing.

tittering

adjectiveˈtɪt(ə)rɪŋˈtɪdərɪŋ

Expressing or characterized by half-suppressed laughter or amusement.
the tittering onlookers were stunned into silence
Example sentencesExamples
- the reflections prompted tittering headlines
- So why are men's magazines in Britain so largely devoted to a tittering schoolboy's understanding of life and laughter?
- I did, however, see them tittering, shrieking, guffawing and hooting with laughter at the madcap slapstick that has become the trademark of these two spiky-haired, South Yorkshire clowns.
- I wasn't really in the mood for all that visualisation, and if anyone suggests I take energy from the earth, I have to stop myself tittering.

titteringly

adverb

What's more, his camera crew seemed to find the whole shameful business titteringly funny.
Example sentencesExamples
- With that she rumbled out of the toilets, but returned thirty seconds later with a friend to peer in at the door and giggle titteringly.
- This would then explain why us bulls find it titteringly funny that you are still waffling on and on and on.

Origin

Early 17th century: imitative.

Rhymes

bitter, committer, critter, embitter, emitter, fitter, flitter, fritter, glitter, gritter, hitter, jitter, knitter, litter, permitter, pitta, quitter, remitter, sitter, skitter, slitter, spitter, splitter, submitter, transmitter, twitter, witter

Definition of titter in US English:

titter

verbˈtɪdərˈtidər

[no object]

Give a short, half-suppressed laugh; giggle.
her stutter caused the children to titter
Example sentencesExamples
- Call me a cynic, but I tittered when I heard a rumour that a high street bank considering sponsoring student comedy shows.
- When he proclaimed that ‘God is still sovereign, no matter what federal judges say,’ the crowd tittered and applauded.
- They squeaked and tittered and scolded each other.
- His daughter tittered behind her slim, white hand.
- Yes the Boss was there in his ‘casual’ clothes, making sure he had a word or two with everyone, making jovial quips that we all tittered to and then wished that either you or he were somewhere else.
- As he disappeared down the train all the chaps tittered.
- The rest of the audience tittered as the main character made baby-noises and hopped across stage, pausing and turning to stare at the enraptured hundreds at every step.
- But even beyond that, she had a great sense of humor, and while the other women tittered, she had a rich, throaty laugh.
- He riffed on that theme while the crowd tittered.
- Brown flashed a knowing look into the gallery, and a few people, for want of a better word, tittered.
- All dressed in lovely spring gowns, the young women giggled and tittered, no better than my twelve-year-old sister.
- He read the passage in his Southern drawl as Jay and the audience tittered.
- The audience titters nervously, not laughing with the melodrama, but at it.
- The class tittered in silent laugher and low snickers.
- Women tittered nervously at the implications of age and sexual boundaries.
- Later on the custom was abolished because vulgar people tittered and the dignity of the elephants or their mahouts was wounded.
- They tittered and hurried away into a room behind them.
- Anyway, she told this joke that I thought was so funny I hooted with laughter, which was quite embarrassing as the rest of the audience only tittered politely.
- The rest of the class tittered as I told him in my sternest teacher voice that we would be having a class bathroom break once everyone was quiet and in his seat.
- The crowd of Recruits behind Sam tittered with amusement.
Synonyms
giggle, snigger, snicker, tee-hee, give a half-suppressed laugh, chuckle

nounˈtɪdərˈtidər

A short, half-suppressed laugh.
Example sentencesExamples
- This was followed by a titter of female laughter and a hushed, ‘Stop it, Henry!’
- I guess it was funny to some people because there was a titter of laughter.
- In a truly democratic fashion, she encouraged comments from the gathering, all the time trying to poke fun at everything, and causing titters, chuckles and guffaws to break out intermittently.
- The comment earned a titter of laughter from her fellow Oath-takers.
- ‘I don't go into any tournament thinking it would be great to lose,’ he growled to a series of nervous titters from his audience.
- We, the lurking mass of mums, immediately went into ‘dearie me/never mind/accidents happen’ mode, but as soon as the poor kid had squelched off home, the titters began.
- Literally hundreds of people heard him, with great laughter from the Kilkenny supporters and nervous titters from the Tipp lads.
- There was a titter of laughter but we smothered it before it became a guffaw.
- It describes a show in a small theatre space, where the performer establishes a close relationship (no titters please) with the audience.
- There was admiring applause at the end but little more than titters throughout a show misguidedly billed as ‘hilariously funny’.
- These will now be broadcast on Radio Scotland on Saturdays later in the year, so everyone will have a chance for both a titter and, in parts, a great big belly laugh.
- Even the mention of the word ‘bra’ could provoke a snort of laughter in the Sixties if not an outbreak of titters.
- While reading, I ranged from smiles to titters to outright belly laughs.
- There were lots of head shaking, raised eyebrows and titters of laughter as Bacon got himself into a hole and kept digging.
- The titter of laughter that went up at the end of many choruses was composed of a mixture of mirth and self-recognition.
- You will be giving a lot of laughs, smiles, giggles, chuckles, hoots, snorts, cackle, titters, grins and guffaws.
- The sound of nerves jangling followed swiftly by titters of laughter tinged with relief percolating through the air has become a common occurrence at White Hart Lane in recent weeks.
- One possible reaction was laughter, although a very different laughter to the embarrassed titters of a modern school group when sex-ed comes around.
- The nervous assemblage of 160 immigrants ready to raise their right hand and swear the ‘Oath of Allegiance’ breaks into titters.
- Moore was hoping for some polite titters, but the audience exploded into laughter.
Synonyms
giggle, snigger, snicker, tee-hee, half-suppressed laugh, chuckle

Origin

Early 17th century: imitative.

单词	titter
释义	Definition of titter in English: titter verb ˈtɪtəˈtɪdər [no object] Give a short, half-suppressed laugh; giggle. her stutter caused the children to titter Example sentencesExamples They squeaked and tittered and scolded each other. Brown flashed a knowing look into the gallery, and a few people, for want of a better word, tittered. He read the passage in his Southern drawl as Jay and the audience tittered. All dressed in lovely spring gowns, the young women giggled and tittered, no better than my twelve-year-old sister. Call me a cynic, but I tittered when I heard a rumour that a high street bank considering sponsoring student comedy shows. The class tittered in silent laugher and low snickers. When he proclaimed that ‘God is still sovereign, no matter what federal judges say,’ the crowd tittered and applauded. The rest of the audience tittered as the main character made baby-noises and hopped across stage, pausing and turning to stare at the enraptured hundreds at every step. The crowd of Recruits behind Sam tittered with amusement. But even beyond that, she had a great sense of humor, and while the other women tittered, she had a rich, throaty laugh. Anyway, she told this joke that I thought was so funny I hooted with laughter, which was quite embarrassing as the rest of the audience only tittered politely. They tittered and hurried away into a room behind them. The audience titters nervously, not laughing with the melodrama, but at it. Yes the Boss was there in his ‘casual’ clothes, making sure he had a word or two with everyone, making jovial quips that we all tittered to and then wished that either you or he were somewhere else. He riffed on that theme while the crowd tittered. The rest of the class tittered as I told him in my sternest teacher voice that we would be having a class bathroom break once everyone was quiet and in his seat. Later on the custom was abolished because vulgar people tittered and the dignity of the elephants or their mahouts was wounded. As he disappeared down the train all the chaps tittered. Women tittered nervously at the implications of age and sexual boundaries. His daughter tittered behind her slim, white hand. Synonyms giggle, snigger, snicker, tee-hee, give a half-suppressed laugh, chuckle smirk, sneer, simper nounˈtɪtəˈtɪdər A short, half-suppressed laugh. there were titters from the gallery Example sentencesExamples The comment earned a titter of laughter from her fellow Oath-takers. This was followed by a titter of female laughter and a hushed, ‘Stop it, Henry!’ Even the mention of the word ‘bra’ could provoke a snort of laughter in the Sixties if not an outbreak of titters. ‘I don't go into any tournament thinking it would be great to lose,’ he growled to a series of nervous titters from his audience. Literally hundreds of people heard him, with great laughter from the Kilkenny supporters and nervous titters from the Tipp lads. While reading, I ranged from smiles to titters to outright belly laughs. We, the lurking mass of mums, immediately went into ‘dearie me/never mind/accidents happen’ mode, but as soon as the poor kid had squelched off home, the titters began. There were lots of head shaking, raised eyebrows and titters of laughter as Bacon got himself into a hole and kept digging. The sound of nerves jangling followed swiftly by titters of laughter tinged with relief percolating through the air has become a common occurrence at White Hart Lane in recent weeks. There was a titter of laughter but we smothered it before it became a guffaw. It describes a show in a small theatre space, where the performer establishes a close relationship (no titters please) with the audience. The titter of laughter that went up at the end of many choruses was composed of a mixture of mirth and self-recognition. I guess it was funny to some people because there was a titter of laughter. In a truly democratic fashion, she encouraged comments from the gathering, all the time trying to poke fun at everything, and causing titters, chuckles and guffaws to break out intermittently. One possible reaction was laughter, although a very different laughter to the embarrassed titters of a modern school group when sex-ed comes around. These will now be broadcast on Radio Scotland on Saturdays later in the year, so everyone will have a chance for both a titter and, in parts, a great big belly laugh. The nervous assemblage of 160 immigrants ready to raise their right hand and swear the ‘Oath of Allegiance’ breaks into titters. Moore was hoping for some polite titters, but the audience exploded into laughter. You will be giving a lot of laughs, smiles, giggles, chuckles, hoots, snorts, cackle, titters, grins and guffaws. There was admiring applause at the end but little more than titters throughout a show misguidedly billed as ‘hilariously funny’. Synonyms giggle, snigger, snicker, tee-hee, half-suppressed laugh, chuckle smirk, sneer, simper Derivatives titterer noun It was a rant I had heard before so I paid more attention to the titterers dancing than him. Example sentencesExamples Sitting at the back of the house, an actress - who dishonestly announces that she is not an actress - chides the titterers for their embarrassment. I do like to giggle with the gigglers and titterers but moving off is always as much as a pleasure as arriving. Sycophantic titterers aside, the audience was having none of it, and several expressed their shock and empathy in the interval. The titterers must have actually thought it was genuinely amusing. tittering adjectiveˈtɪt(ə)rɪŋˈtɪdərɪŋ Expressing or characterized by half-suppressed laughter or amusement. the tittering onlookers were stunned into silence Example sentencesExamples the reflections prompted tittering headlines So why are men's magazines in Britain so largely devoted to a tittering schoolboy's understanding of life and laughter? I did, however, see them tittering, shrieking, guffawing and hooting with laughter at the madcap slapstick that has become the trademark of these two spiky-haired, South Yorkshire clowns. I wasn't really in the mood for all that visualisation, and if anyone suggests I take energy from the earth, I have to stop myself tittering. titteringly adverb What's more, his camera crew seemed to find the whole shameful business titteringly funny. Example sentencesExamples With that she rumbled out of the toilets, but returned thirty seconds later with a friend to peer in at the door and giggle titteringly. This would then explain why us bulls find it titteringly funny that you are still waffling on and on and on. Origin Early 17th century: imitative. Rhymes bitter, committer, critter, embitter, emitter, fitter, flitter, fritter, glitter, gritter, hitter, jitter, knitter, litter, permitter, pitta, quitter, remitter, sitter, skitter, slitter, spitter, splitter, submitter, transmitter, twitter, witter Definition of titter in US English: titter verbˈtɪdərˈtidər [no object] Give a short, half-suppressed laugh; giggle. her stutter caused the children to titter Example sentencesExamples Call me a cynic, but I tittered when I heard a rumour that a high street bank considering sponsoring student comedy shows. When he proclaimed that ‘God is still sovereign, no matter what federal judges say,’ the crowd tittered and applauded. They squeaked and tittered and scolded each other. His daughter tittered behind her slim, white hand. Yes the Boss was there in his ‘casual’ clothes, making sure he had a word or two with everyone, making jovial quips that we all tittered to and then wished that either you or he were somewhere else. As he disappeared down the train all the chaps tittered. The rest of the audience tittered as the main character made baby-noises and hopped across stage, pausing and turning to stare at the enraptured hundreds at every step. But even beyond that, she had a great sense of humor, and while the other women tittered, she had a rich, throaty laugh. He riffed on that theme while the crowd tittered. Brown flashed a knowing look into the gallery, and a few people, for want of a better word, tittered. All dressed in lovely spring gowns, the young women giggled and tittered, no better than my twelve-year-old sister. He read the passage in his Southern drawl as Jay and the audience tittered. The audience titters nervously, not laughing with the melodrama, but at it. The class tittered in silent laugher and low snickers. Women tittered nervously at the implications of age and sexual boundaries. Later on the custom was abolished because vulgar people tittered and the dignity of the elephants or their mahouts was wounded. They tittered and hurried away into a room behind them. Anyway, she told this joke that I thought was so funny I hooted with laughter, which was quite embarrassing as the rest of the audience only tittered politely. The rest of the class tittered as I told him in my sternest teacher voice that we would be having a class bathroom break once everyone was quiet and in his seat. The crowd of Recruits behind Sam tittered with amusement. Synonyms giggle, snigger, snicker, tee-hee, give a half-suppressed laugh, chuckle nounˈtɪdərˈtidər A short, half-suppressed laugh. Example sentencesExamples This was followed by a titter of female laughter and a hushed, ‘Stop it, Henry!’ I guess it was funny to some people because there was a titter of laughter. In a truly democratic fashion, she encouraged comments from the gathering, all the time trying to poke fun at everything, and causing titters, chuckles and guffaws to break out intermittently. The comment earned a titter of laughter from her fellow Oath-takers. ‘I don't go into any tournament thinking it would be great to lose,’ he growled to a series of nervous titters from his audience. We, the lurking mass of mums, immediately went into ‘dearie me/never mind/accidents happen’ mode, but as soon as the poor kid had squelched off home, the titters began. Literally hundreds of people heard him, with great laughter from the Kilkenny supporters and nervous titters from the Tipp lads. There was a titter of laughter but we smothered it before it became a guffaw. It describes a show in a small theatre space, where the performer establishes a close relationship (no titters please) with the audience. There was admiring applause at the end but little more than titters throughout a show misguidedly billed as ‘hilariously funny’. These will now be broadcast on Radio Scotland on Saturdays later in the year, so everyone will have a chance for both a titter and, in parts, a great big belly laugh. Even the mention of the word ‘bra’ could provoke a snort of laughter in the Sixties if not an outbreak of titters. While reading, I ranged from smiles to titters to outright belly laughs. There were lots of head shaking, raised eyebrows and titters of laughter as Bacon got himself into a hole and kept digging. The titter of laughter that went up at the end of many choruses was composed of a mixture of mirth and self-recognition. You will be giving a lot of laughs, smiles, giggles, chuckles, hoots, snorts, cackle, titters, grins and guffaws. The sound of nerves jangling followed swiftly by titters of laughter tinged with relief percolating through the air has become a common occurrence at White Hart Lane in recent weeks. One possible reaction was laughter, although a very different laughter to the embarrassed titters of a modern school group when sex-ed comes around. The nervous assemblage of 160 immigrants ready to raise their right hand and swear the ‘Oath of Allegiance’ breaks into titters. Moore was hoping for some polite titters, but the audience exploded into laughter. Synonyms giggle, snigger, snicker, tee-hee, half-suppressed laugh, chuckle Origin Early 17th century: imitative.
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