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titter

[tit-er] / ˈtɪt ər /


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There’s not much more to say without giving it all away, so prepare to titter, gasp, scream and cheer for this juicy slice of indulgent women’s entertainment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025

By the time the first half of the film had been unfolded yesterday the spectators were beginning to titter gently.

From Slate ● Dec. 31, 2019

There was a titter from the audience when the two leaders were asked what punishment they deemed suitable for lying during political campaigns.

From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2019

We titter and tremble over ‘fake news’ that most discerning readers, re: nominally intelligent adults, would spot on their Facebook News feeds in about a New York minute.

From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2018

A titter of audience appreciation came from the couch.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger

Tanden can reflexively rattle off the particularities of housing protocols I couldn’t begin to decode; she titters with satisfaction upon recounting the intricacies of a long-discarded Australian cap-and-trade proposal.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

The pair took a beat through bubbling titters from the audience before knowingly yelling, “Happy Pride everyone!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026

The upper keys were pressed to combine different types of laughter, from titters to belly laughs, and the foot pedals controlled the timing and duration of the laughter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

Spacey replied to titters from the gallery in the packed courtroom.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2023

Here the gentlemen interposed with earnest petitions to be further enlightened on these two last-named points; but they got only blushes, ejaculations, tremors, and titters, in return for their importunity.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

The point was that Bush lacked “moral courage,” Mr. Trudeau explained defensively, though more than a few readers must have tittered at the cruelty of his word choice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

The audience tittered, uncertain if his panic was a bit.

From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2022

But titter not, lest you be tittered, it’s back tomorrow and the cold turkey will be brief.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 5, 2021

That didn’t seem to faze the opening-night audience, which tittered at each scandalous line.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2019

The class tittered, and even Mr. Quisling looked somewhat bemused.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

SAN FRANCISCO—Alex Sorenson and Lizzie Silvers were about to tie the knot at an outdoor ceremony when a group of tipsy young men stumbled in out of the gloom, tittering at discovering nuptials in progress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

As Hedda’s actions grow more extreme, the audience could be heard tittering.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026

As the Dauphine and Cavalieri, Thomas and Jaster make starving for attention into a show of flamboyance — she tittering shamelessly and he performing a full actor’s warm-up for a simple game of charades.

From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2022

I also recall a lot of tittering when the prince got into a car accident while driving earlier that year.

From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2021

That tittering Madame Hoo was a beautiful woman.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin


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