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tittered

tittered is the simple past and past participle of titter.

Meaning of titter

Verb

titter (third-person singular simple present titters, present participle tittering, simple past and past participle tittered)

  1. 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
  2. (obsolete) To teeter; to seesaw.

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Questions about tittered

What is tittered the simple past and past participle of?
Tittered is the simple past and past participle of titter.

Words near tittered in the dictionary

  1. titted up
  2. titter
  3. titter-totter
  4. titter-totters
  5. titteration
  6. tittered
  7. titterel
  8. titterels
  9. titterer
  10. titterers
  11. tittering

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