verb · irregular · intransitive · rare

titter

titter · titters · tittered · tittering

хихикати

хихикать

To laugh or giggle in a somewhat subdued or restrained way, as from nervousness or…To laugh or giggle in a somewhat subdued or restrained way, as from nervousness or poorly-suppressed amusement.

UK/ˈtɪtə(ɹ)/US/ˈtɪtɚ/

» She gave a titter when his toupee fell sideways.

Sie kicherte als sein Haarteil zur Seite fiel. — Yorwba

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Meaning

2 senses

To laugh or giggle in a somewhat subdued or restrained way, as from nervousness or poorly-suppressed amusement.
1863, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Tales of a Wayside Inn Part First: The Sicilian's Tale - King Robert of Sicily A group of tittering pages ran before.
хихи́катьxixíkatʹ
хихи́катиxyxýkaty
(obsolete)To teeter; to seesaw.

More definitions

laugh nervously

Examples

2 sentences

She gave a titter when his toupee fell sideways.
deSie kicherte als sein Haarteil zur Seite fiel. — Yorwba
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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
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Translations

4 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to laugh or giggle in a somewhat subdued manner:

Русский

By meaning 1

to laugh or giggle in a somewhat subdued manner:

Origin

First attested in the 1610s. Probably from Middle English *titeren, *titren (attested in M

First 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”).

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