MEANING
To laugh in a brief, partly suppressed way, often from embarrassment or nervous amusement.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- titter nervously
- nervous titter
On the page
A few listeners tittered at the unexpected silence.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- titter
- Past tense
- tittered
- Past participle
- tittered
- Present participle
- tittering
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- titter
- Present continuous
- am/is/are tittering
- Present perfect
- have/has tittered
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been tittering
- Past
- tittered
- Past continuous
- was/were tittering
- Past perfect
- had tittered
- Past perfect continuous
- had been tittering
- Future
- will titter
- Future continuous
- will be tittering
- Future perfect
- will have tittered
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been tittering
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: titter; titters; tittered; tittered; tittering Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: titters.
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