titter

tit·ter

verb \ˈti-tər\

Definition of TITTER

intransitive verb

: to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle, snicker

— titter noun

Examples of TITTER

1. Some people in the audience tittered nervously during an awkward pause in the speech.
2. <even as students in the sex ed class continued to titter, the lecturer plowed ahead>

Origin of TITTER

imitative

First Known Use: circa 1619

Related to TITTER

Synonyms: break up, cackle, chortle, chuckle, crack up, giggle, hee-haw, roar, scream, snicker, laugh, twitter

Related Words: grin, smile

Near Antonyms: bawl, blubber, cry, sob, weep; howl, scream, squall, wail, yowl; bleat, pule, whimper, whine; sniffle, snivel; groan, moan, sigh

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Rhymes with TITTER

bitter, chitter, critter, fitter, flitter, fritter, glitter, hitter, jitter, knitter, litter, quitter, quittor, sitter, skitter, slitter, spitter, twitter