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Webster 1913 Edition


Titter

Tit′ter

,
Verb.
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.

Tit′ter

,
Noun.
A restrained laugh.
“There was a titter of . . . delight on his countenance.”
Coleridge.

Tit′ter

,
Verb.
I.
To seesaw. See
Teeter
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Titter

TIT'TER

,
Verb.
I.
To laugh with the tongue striking against the root of the upper teeth; to laugh with restraint.

TIT'TER

,
Noun.
A restrained laugh.
1.
A weed.