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# titter

verb (titter, titters, tittered, tittering); noun (a titter, titters)

«titter» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To titter is to laugh quietly in a nervous, silly or slightly rude way, often trying not to. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/titter/#m1)
2. (noun) A titter is such a little laugh. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/titter/#m2)

### In the lessons

In class, a titter often goes round the room when something embarrassing happens. In stories it shows people laughing behind their hands, sometimes unkindly. Similar words: giggle, snigger, chuckle.

### Examples

- A titter ran round the class when the teacher's chair squeaked. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/titter/#x1)
- The girls tittered behind their books. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/titter/#x2)
- There was a nervous titter from the audience. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/titter/#x3)
- Don't titter, it's rude. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/titter/#x4)
- The guests tittered when Toad fell over. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/titter/#x5)
- He heard a titter from the back row. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/titter/#x6)
- So spoke the barber, and a titter ran round the room. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/titter/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb: tittered, tittering (double t at the end). A titter is quieter and sillier than a laugh; a snigger is more unkind; a chuckle is warmer.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «titter» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/titter/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«titter» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/titter.html) on Mova free.