TITTERED

Verb

tittered

simple past tense and past participle of titter

Source: Wiktionary


TITTER

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



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