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Titter

//ˈtɪtɚ// noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 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. 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. 3
    a nervous restrained laugh wordnet
Verb
  1. 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. 2
    laugh nervously wordnet
  3. 3
    To teeter; to seesaw. obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

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”).

Etymology 3

Probably related to tit and titty.

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