as in laughed
to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound
even as students in the sex ed class continued to titter, the lecturer plowed ahead
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Recent Examples of tittered
As each skated and waited for their scores to post, the crowd tittered with nervous unease.
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tittered
Verb
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The vice president and speaker of the House smiled, laughed and rose to their feet, applauding with many in the gallery.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
25 Feb. 2026
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Most of the men’s team laughed.—
Theodore Tollefson,
Twin Cities,
25 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Students giggled and gasped in disbelief.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Why Don’t We alum Daniel Seavey and a group of friends giggled by a bar.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Still riding the adrenaline of beating Canada to claim the USA men’s hockey’s biggest win since 1980, players chuckled along with the president.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
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Monday morning inside the Tigers clubhouse, McGonigle chuckled and shook his head when told his father had been interviewed.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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Thousands of teenagers from more than a dozen countries, many standing on their chairs in a cavernous convention hall, screamed and cheered as Josh Shapiro took the stage.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Feb. 2026
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His motorcade screamed away from the airport with lights flashing and headed toward the Sumner Tunnel.—
Steven Levingston,
Vanity Fair,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Tittered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tittered. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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