titter

The crowd began to titter as Newman shaded his eyes, pretending to look into the stands for a challenger.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2023

The score, by Amelia Warner, announces when to titter and when to swoon.

From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 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

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

Mr. Randolph’s fixed smile crumbled into a nervous titter.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson

In the Netflix film, Swan demonstrates with calipers on a life-size, anatomically correct male baby doll in a coffee shop to the nervous titters of the participants.

From Slate ● Apr. 16, 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

The titters would feel dismissive, except that they also fit the tone’s grand-scale terror.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025

"And there was understandably a lot of titters, laughter and giggles - but it's starting to feel like a tangible thing that could actually come to fruition."

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2025

There were some titters in the audience, so I figured it was safe for me to start out by saying to the minister, “I was his girlfriend.”

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

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

A few girls — and women — tittered in tiaras.

From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2021

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

From The Guardian ● Feb. 5, 2021

The room tittered nervously at first from the privacy of this revelation.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 30, 2018

“Ah, Officer,” Von Marsh tittered, hurrying to the front of the cart.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

I showed up not long after doors opened and was greeted by two lengthy lines of well-dressed people crowding the block, tittering with expectation, interacting with myriad Ramp employees identifiable by those yellow lanyards.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

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 you enter, the smell of sweat intermingles with the tittering of classical piano music.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2022

Laughter can be subversive, of course, and one of the great satisfactions of these films is watching so many women laugh — often guffawing, not tittering — through one predicament after another.

From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2022

Gasping and tittering spread through our classmates like a breeze.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black