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How to pronounce titter in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms giggle
Type of express joy, express mirth, laugh
Derivation titterer
Type Words
Type of laugh, laughter

Examples of titter

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The press titter and write snide things about you, as the press are wont to do.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
Courtiers might titter and tut, but there was nothing anyone could really do.
From the guardian.co.uk
Imagine how much their direct reports titter with excitement hearing these.
From the forbes.com
Mr Fletcher says he heard members titter each time a new obstacle was put in her way.
From the independent.co.uk
There's not a titter from the audience, which makes her over-the-top reaction absurd.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
Even the funniest jokes about economists usually elicit a titter, at best.
From the economist.com
The crowd will titter because mispronouncing foreigners'names is really funny, isn't it?
From the independent.co.uk
One thing that people may raise a vague titter at is the exchange between Loki and Iron Man.
From the hecklerspray.com
It lets the play mean more, and no one in the audience feels cheated out of an extra titter.
From the timesunion.com
More examples
  • A nervous restrained laugh
  • Giggle: laugh nervously; "The girls giggled when the rock star came into the classroom"
  • (tittering) thoriated: being or sounding of nervous or suppressed laughter
  • Laughter is an audible expression of happiness, or an inward feeling of joy. It may ensue from jokes, tickling or other stimuli. It is in most cases a very pleasant sensation.
  • A nervous or repressed giggle; To laugh or giggle in a somewhat subdued manner
  • To suppress a laugh.