titter

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Pronunciation

• (GA) IPA: /ˈtɪtɚ/

Verb

titter (titters, present participle tittering; 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.

2. (obsolete) To teeter; to seesaw.

Synonyms

• snicker; see also Thesaurus:laugh

Translations

• French: ricaner
• Russian: хихи́кать

Noun

titter (plural titters)

1. A nervous or somewhat repressed giggle.

   • There was a titter of […] delight on his countenance.

Translations

• French: ricanement
• Russian: смешо́к

Noun

titter (plural titters)

1. (slang, vulgar, chiefly, in the plural) A woman's breast.
   • 2013, Dorothy St. James, Oak and Dagger, Berkley Prime Crime (2013), ISBN 9781101619797, unnumbered page ↗:

     “The poor dear, even her titters are weighted down with melancholy,” Pearle said to Mable.

     “I don't know what you're talking about. Her titters look perky enough to me,” Mable replied.

Synonyms

• (a woman's breast) See also Thesaurus:breasts.

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