titter
noun
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L329391 on Wikidata ↗verb
- to laugh in a somewhat suppressed manner
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈtɪtə(ɹ)/ / /ˈtɪtɚ/ / [ˈtɪɾɚ]
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English tit English -er English titter From tit + -er.
- A woman's breast.
“Flesh Gordon 2 - I remember that this one was chock full of big titters. Many of them looked like the natural variety, as well.”
“there was an old lady from raleigh who was so doggone nasty by golly just squeezin her titters you'd pick up some critters and bathe twice in one month for your folly”
- A girl or young woman.
“David […] was a man peculiarly after God's own heart, had plenty of wives, and, when he got old and shaky, and there were doubts about his virility, the prophet of the Lord told him to go and get a young "titter" — a capable young woman — to test him, and see if the fires of his passion had gone out, and to keep him warm if they had. There is the Bible for you.”
verb
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”).
- 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.”
“"Thou coxy, cackling candle!" said Catweazle. "Why dost thou titter?"”
- To teeter; to seesaw.