tittering

tittering is the present participle and gerund of titter.

Noun

tittering (plural titterings)

The act of one who titters.
- The good signor's little address was received in a variety of ways: there were titterings and coughings, and there were also a few instances of noble and generous response to poor Leonard's action […]1855, Anna Mary Howitt, A school of life, page 63
(collective) A group of magpies.
- it looked like the perfect home for a tittering of magpies.2017, Victoria Cooke, The Secret to Falling in Love, HarperCollins Publishing
- I'd say yes, if that magpie tittering knew about your beliefs, this same would have happened.2020 February 24, Kalomoira, “Question about discrimination of religion”, in reddit.com, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2026

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
(obsolete) To teeter; to seesaw.

plural	titterings

What does tittering mean?: Tittering means the act of one who titters.
What is tittering the present participle and gerund of?: Tittering is the present participle and gerund of titter.
What part of speech is tittering?: Tittering is a noun.
What is the plural of tittering?: The plural of tittering is titterings.

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