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Word entry · 6 letters

titter

Best crossword clue

"Laugh nervously"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɪtə(ɹ)/Part of speech verb, nounSorted eirtttStarts with TEnds with R1 clues
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Definitions

  1. laugh nervously

Word origin

First attested in the 1610s. Probably from Middle English *titeren, *titren (attested in Middle English titering (“hesitation, vacillation”)), probably a frequentative of Middle English titten (“to waver”), related to Old Norse titra (“to shake, shiver, quiver”), dialectal Swedish tittra (“to snicker”).

Used in a sentence

  • 1863, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Tales of a Wayside Inn Part First: The Sicilian's Tale - King Robert of Sicily A group of tittering pages ran before.
  • "Thou coxy, cackling candle!" said Catweazle. "Why dost thou titter?"
  • April 21, 1811, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk There was a titter of […] delight on his countenance.

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