Titter
noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 A nervous or somewhat repressed giggle.
"April 21, 1811, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk There was a titter of […] delight on his countenance."
- 2 A woman's breast. in-plural, slang, vulgar
"Flesh Gordon 2 - I remember that this one was chock full of big titters. Many of them looked like the natural variety, as well."
- 3 a nervous restrained laugh wordnet
- 1 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."
- 2 laugh nervously wordnet
- 3 To teeter; to seesaw. obsolete
Example
More examples"She gave a titter when his toupee fell sideways."
Etymology
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”), related to Old Norse titra (“to shake, shiver, quiver”), dialectal Swedish tittra (“to snicker”).
Probably related to tit and titty.
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