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Tittered

Titter \Tit"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tittered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tittering.] [Probably of imitative origin.] To laugh with the tongue striking against the root of the upper teeth; to laugh with restraint, or without much noise; to giggle.

A group of tittering pages ran before.
--Longfellow.

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tittered

vb. (en-past of: titter)

Usage examples of "tittered".

He had tittered nervously at the story about the bureaucrat and turned brick red when Ollery and the senior mate sneered at him.

Pettie, still up on her stool, tittered herself before clapping her hands over her mouth.

Some of the women in the back of Hengorot tittered at the bawdy display, but most wore sour expressions.

Chalsee Anguaine, the younger, tittered nervously-and wisely, LaValle knew-but Dog Perry squinted his eyes as he considered the man in the crystal ball.

Many in the crowd gasped, women tittered, and Meralda thought again that her union with the man might not be such a bad thing.

These other people also tittered when the young men tittered, and roared when the young men roared.