titter
verb (used without object)
to laugh in a restrained, self-conscious, or affected way, as from nervousness or in ill-suppressed amusement.
were 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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Lights were coming on in the different buildings around the complex and people were tittering around.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2017
The audience had now spotted me and were tittering and pointing.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
All the girls were tittering and giggling at the way Isao and Lois held hands and looked at each other.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
The small fry, startled out of caution, were tittering in hysterical excitement.
From The Dark House by I. A. R. (Ida Alexa Ross) Wylie
Gaskill and Cousin Charley were tittering and laughing.
From Watch Yourself Go By by Ben W. Warden
