titter
(noun) a nervous restrained laugh
giggle, titter
(verb) laugh nervously; “The girls giggled when the rock star came into the classroom”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
(obsolete) To teeter; to seesaw.
• snicker; see also laugh
titter (plural titters)
A nervous or somewhat repressed giggle.
titter (plural titters)
(slang, vulgar, chiefly, in the plural) A woman's breast.
• (a woman's breast): See also breasts.
Source: Wiktionary
Tit"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tittered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tittering.] Etym: [Probably of imitative origin.]
Definition: 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.
Tit"ter, n.
Definition: A restrained laugh. "There was a titter of . . . delight on his countenance." Coleridge.
Tit"ter, v. i.
Definition: To seesaw. See Teeter.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 June 2025
(adjective) marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; “a modest apartment”; “too modest to wear his medals”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
