as in chuckles
an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement
a titter swept through the crowd at his verbal slip
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as in laughs
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 titters
Chris Willman,
Variety,
23 May 2026
Meyers acted his dang butt off in this sketch, and the audience paid him back with unsure and hesitating titters — not crickets, but not enthusiasm either.
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Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
And from there, titters occasionally came out as the unleashed host moved on to one of the highest forms of comedy, muskrat humor.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
23 May 2026
Meyers acted his dang butt off in this sketch, and the audience paid him back with unsure and hesitating titters — not crickets, but not enthusiasm either.
—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for titters
Noun
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Even Saturday Night Live’s reigning king of smarm, Colin Jost, playing a henpecked husband, got some chuckles out of me.
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And what begins as a clever, high-concept joke doesn’t always build beyond a steady stream of chuckles.
Verb
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Grube laughs, knowing the story sounds familiar.
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Cole immediately laughs at the comparison as Steven quickly clarifies that version of Cole may be in the past.
Noun
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These days, fear and absurdity walk hand in hand, and anyone who’s scrolled a news feed knows how quickly abject terror can morph into cathartic giggles.
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One highlight of this tenure was his descent into a fit of giggles while interviewing Carol Channing.
Noun
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There were snickers from some of the other students, including a tall and lank-haired kid whose name Adele didn’t know.
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The event also had free opportunities to take photos, get ice cream snickers and have earned a Super Bowl post card.
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“Titters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/titters. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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