Tit"ter (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tittered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tittering.] [Probably of imitative origin.]
To laugh with the tongue striking against the root of the upper teeth; to laugh with restraint, or without much noise; to giggle.
A group of tittering pages ran before.
Longfellow.
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Tit"ter, n.
A restrained laugh.
"There was a
titter of . . . delight on his countenance."
Coleridge.
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Tit"ter, v. i.
To seesaw. See Teeter.
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