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.
Meaning
3 sensesA 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
(in the plural, slang, vulgar)A woman's breast.
(obsolete, slang)A girl or young woman.
Examples
2 sentencesShe gave a titter when his toupee fell sideways.
deSie kicherte als sein Haarteil zur Seite fiel. — Yorwba
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. — Yorwba
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
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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