titter

🇺🇸 /ˈtɪtər/ 🇬🇧 /ˈtɪtə(r)/
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noun
R

A low, half-suppressed laugh, often due to nervousness or embarrassment.

The joke made the children titter.

verb
R

To laugh in a restrained or half-suppressed way, often due to nervousness or embarrassment.

The audience couldn't help but titter at the comedian's silly antics.

translation

n. A low, half-suppressed laugh, often due to nervousness or embarrassment.
v. To laugh in a restrained or half-suppressed way, often due to nervousness or embarrassment.

Word Forms

3rd Present titters
Past tittered
Perfect tittered
Progressive tittering
Plural titters