titter
1 synonym for titter, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To laugh quietly in a nervous or restrained way, often while trying not to.
Etymology
First recorded in the 1610s. It probably comes from Middle English *titeren, *titren (attested in the Middle English titering, meaning “hesitation, vacillation”), likely a frequentative of Middle English titten, meaning “to waver”, related to Old Norse titra, meaning “to shake, shiver, quiver”, and dialectal Swedish ti...
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