titter
UK/ˈtɪtə(ɹ)/US/ˈtɪtɚ/
titter verb: to laugh or giggle in a somewhat subdued or restrained way, as from nervousness or poorly-suppressed amusement.
Verb
titter (third-person singular simple present titters, present participle tittering, simple past and past participle tittered)
- To laugh or giggle in a somewhat subdued or restrained way, as from nervousness or poorly-suppressed amusement.
- A group of tittering pages ran before.1863, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Tales of a Wayside Inn Part First: The Sicilian's Tale - King Robert of Sicily
- "Thou coxy, cackling candle!" said Catweazle. "Why dost thou titter?"1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 70
- To teeter; to seesaw.
Noun (1)
titter (plural titters)
Noun (2)
titter (plural titters)
- A woman's breast.
- Flesh Gordon 2 - I remember that this one was chock full of big titters. Many of them looked like the natural variety, as well.1995 February 21, Agent_69 [username], “big breast video list”, in alt.sex.breast (Usenet)
- there was an old lady from raleigh
who was so doggone nasty by golly
just squeezin her titters
you'd pick up some critters
and bathe twice in one month for your folly1999 March 13, MrMalo [username], “Re: State Capitals”, in alt.jokes.limericks (Usenet)
- A girl or young woman.
- David […] was a man peculiarly after God's own heart, had plenty of wives, and, when he got old and shaky, and there were doubts about his virility, the prophet of the Lord told him to go and get a young "titter" — a capable young woman — to test him, and see if the fires of his passion had gone...1900, Parliamentary Debates, page 2973
titter meaning in Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
titter in Urdu
- ڈگمگانا, کھی کھیانا, لرزنا
titter in Malayalam
- snigger, giggle, snicker
- അമർത്തിച്ചിരിക്കുക, ഉള്ളിൽ ചിരിക്കുക, ചിരിക്കുക, വിഡ്ഢിച്ചിരി ചിരിക്കുക, കുലുങ്ങിച്ചിരിക്കുക, കിലുകിലെചിരിക്കുക
- snigger, giggle, snicker
- ഉൾച്ചിരി, അടക്കിച്ചിരി, വിഡ്ഢിച്ചിരി, കള്ളച്ചിരി, കുലുങ്ങിച്ചിരിക്കൽ, കലകലചിരിക്കൽ
titter in Kannada
- ಚಿರಿಚು, ಹಲ್ಲುಕಿರಿ
Synonyms of titter
Forms of titter
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | titters |
| present participle | tittering |
| past participle | tittered |
| past | tittered |
| Noun | |
| plural | titters |
Origin of titter
First attested in the 1610s. Probably from Middle English *titeren, *titren (attested in Middle English titering (“hesitation, vacillation”)), probably a frequentative of Middle English titten (“to waver”), ultimately of imitative origin. Related to Old Norse titra (“to shake, shiver, quiver”) (if not borrowed from it), dialectal Swedish tittra (“to snicker”). Compare also Proto-Germanic *titrōną (“to tremble”).
From tit + -er.
Words formed from titter
Words that rhyme with titter
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Questions about titter
- What does titter mean?
- Titter means to laugh or giggle in a somewhat subdued or restrained way, as from nervousness or poorly-suppressed amusement.
- What is titter in Urdu?
- Titter in Urdu is ڈگمگانا, کھی کھیانا, لرزنا. See Titter meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is titter?
- Titter can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce titter?
- Titter is pronounced /ˈtɪtə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of titter?
- The past tense of titter is tittered.
Words near titter in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: titter (page history and authors); titter (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); titter (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); titter (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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