titter
verb (used without object)
to laugh in a restrained, self-conscious, or affected way, as from nervousness or in ill-suppressed amusement.
tittered
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past participleof titter.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof titter.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
titterverb (used without object)to laugh in a restrained, self-conscious, or affected way, as from nervousness or in ill-suppressed amusement.
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
Twenty-three-year-old actress Sammy Mendoza tittered nervously, a chorus of giggles trailing her across a North Hollywood studio.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2023
Mainstays also include celebrities: British tabloids tittered for weeks over reports that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had spent an early date at one of the Soho Houses in London.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2021
But titter not, lest you be tittered, it’s back tomorrow and the cold turkey will be brief.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 5, 2021
Turtle gasped, Angela looked away, the heirs tittered as Jake helped his wife up from the floor.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
