tittered

verb

past tense of titter
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. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tittered
  1. laughed
  2. giggled
  3. chuckled
  4. screamed
Verb
  • There was an exhilarating ease as people talked, laughed, and flirted freely.
    — Lilian T. Mehrel, IndieWire, 7 July 2026
  • Their Ballon d’Or-winning winger Ousmane Dembele had the ball in his hands, a decoy to avoid unwanted attention on the actual taker Mbappe, and Dembele quite literally laughed in the face of the petulant Velazquez.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 5 July 2026
Definition of laughed
Verb
  • Willis sang as their children—14-year-old Mabel Ray and 12-year-old Evelyn Penn—giggled in the background.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 18 June 2026
  • The couple giggled between kisses and lounged on a red-and-white picnic blanket while overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
    — Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
Definition of giggled
Verb
  • The cast chuckled before Griffin cut in with some deep NBA lore.
    — Mike Prada, New York Times, 18 May 2026
  • Reid chuckled, then offered the sweetest thought about the wedding.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2026
Definition of chuckled
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  • Police said that after the girl screamed, the video shows a man getting into his vehicle and driving away.
    — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • Thompson screamed at the MTA worker before grabbing her and slashing on the left side of her nose, just below her eye, according to prosecutors.
    — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 26 June 2026
Definition of screamed

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