Category:Titter

Tit"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tittered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tittering.] Etym: [probably of imitative origin.]

Defn: 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.

Titter Tit"ter, n.

Defn: a restrained laugh. "there was a titter of . . . delight on his Countenance." Coleridge.

Titter Tit"ter, v. i.

Defn: to seesaw. See teeter.