titter
verb (used without object)
to laugh in a restrained, self-conscious, or affected way, as from nervousness or in ill-suppressed amusement.
tittering
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present participleof titter.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
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a word derived from
titter.
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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SAN FRANCISCO—Alex Sorenson and Lizzie Silvers were about to tie the knot at an outdoor ceremony when a group of tipsy young men stumbled in out of the gloom, tittering at discovering nuptials in progress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
And that, Youssef said in a half-joke that turned Stewart’s misty eyes to tittering ones, is why he was forced to flee Egypt.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2022
I also recall a lot of tittering when the prince got into a car accident while driving earlier that year.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2021
If “The Thanksgiving Play” could see its characters as more than the butt of punchlines, the skewering of cultural mindsets might provoke more collective soul-searching than tired tittering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2019
"But if the husband of that tittering Tarkheena friend of yours is paying his head groom to get the best oats, then I think the head groom is cheating him."
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
