titter
verb (used without object)
to laugh in a restrained, self-conscious, or affected way, as from nervousness or in ill-suppressed amusement.
was tittering
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past progressiveof titter.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Zhirinovsky was now ranting with gusto, as if he were working his way through a delicious dinner, and his audience was tittering.
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2012
There was tittering, laughter and one great solemn guffaw.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I'll take mine straight," he said, and sent a resentful glance at Annie-Many-Ponies who was tittering behind her palm.
From The Phantom Herd by B. M. Bower
Cleo was tittering, and Madaline all but pouting her disappointment.
From The Girl Scouts at Bellaire Or Maid Mary's Awakening by Lilian Garis
The rest of the chorus was tittering audibly, the musicians, with the exception of Courvoisier and his friend, nudging each other and smiling.
From The First Violin A Novel by Jessie Fothergill
