titter
A nervous or somewhat repressed giggleA nervous or somewhat repressed giggle.
» She gave a titter when his toupee fell sideways.
Sie kicherte als sein Haarteil zur Seite fiel.
Значення
значень: 3A nervous or somewhat repressed giggle.
April 21, 1811, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk There was a titter of […] delight on his countenance.
смешо́кsmešók
a nervous restrained laugh
(у множині, сленг, вульгарне)A woman's breast.
(застаріле, сленг)A girl or young woman.
Приклади
речень: 2She gave a titter when his toupee fell sideways.
deSie kicherte als sein Haarteil zur Seite fiel.
The titter that rippled around the room appeared to abash the boy.
deDas Kichern, das durch den Raum ging, schien den Jungen verlegen zu machen.
Переклади
мов: 3За значеннями 1
Походження
First attested in the 1610s. Probably from Middle English *titeren, *titren (attested in MFirst attested in the 1610s. Probably from Middle English *titeren, *titren (attested in Middle English titering (“hesitation, vacillation”)), probably a frequentative of Middle English titten (“to waver”), ultimately of imitative origin. Related to Old Norse titra (“to shake, shiver, quiver”) (if not borrowed from it), dialectal Swedish tittra (“to snicker”). Compare also Proto-Germanic *titrōną (“to tremble”).
From tit + -er.
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