titter
verb (used without object)
to laugh in a restrained, self-conscious, or affected way, as from nervousness or in ill-suppressed amusement.
have tittered
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present perfectof titter.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The point was that Bush lacked “moral courage,” Mr. Trudeau explained defensively, though more than a few readers must have tittered at the cruelty of his word choice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
I think I might have tittered at some of the hotels jokes you told when you stepped away from the monotonous letters to do more stand-up, but I doubt anyone heard me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2017
The rest of the league might have tittered about what the Raiders gave up for Palmer.
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2011
Many have tittered at times, or laughed out loud at the grotesquely pathetic antics of the mad.
From Time Magazine Archive
They would have tittered had it been lame Vulcan sprawling after his whirling hammer through the gulfs of ether.
From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Amélie Rives
