as in chuckle
an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement
a titter swept through the crowd at his verbal slip
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as in to laugh
to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound
even as students in the sex ed class continued to titter, the lecturer plowed ahead
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Recent Examples of titter
Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
The question got titters from the audience, and not because finding the remainder in a division problem is so hilarious (the answer, BTW, is two, with 16 beads on each bracelet).
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 29 Jan. 2025
Trump rallies have over-the-top party energy; Trump nicknames draw titters from the crowd.
—Kate Cohen, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
Santiago, dressed as the Grim Reaper, toys with her for a while, giving her a bit of hope before killing her in front of an audience that nervously titters before bursting into applause.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 19 May 2024
His every appearance is met with titters of laughter, all amply deserved.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 30 June 2023
A bit of public masturbation by a gravesite, rendered in dim blue light as Turturro faces away from the audience, with a splatter of ejaculate rendered through projections (by Alex Basco Koch), gets a few predictable titters from the audience but never feels as edgy as it’s presumably meant to.
—Vulture, 2 Nov. 2023
There are some titters from his family, more deflated than amused.
—Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
There’s much comedy in the asking (menopausal feminists delivering deliberately unfunny monologues at open-mic night at the local comedy club prompts an uneasy titter in both the audience and the reader), but the novel makes clear that the answers aren’t straightforward.
—Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021
Brian Moylan, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
As a beaming Turner greeted a cast of hopefuls in the premiere episode, the senior center crowd tittered at attention-getting strategies like riding up to the Bachelor Mansion on a motorcycle, groaning at the franchise’s wink-wink, nudge-nudge innuendo.
—Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2023
The crowd began to titter as Newman shaded his eyes, pretending to look into the stands for a challenger.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
Little Madilyn, tittering, looks up at me and stuffs both hands into her mouth to stop from whooping.
—E. Jean Carroll, Outside Online, 15 Nov. 2018
As a consumer product for those who titter, this production appears to check all the boxes.
—Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2021
All hail sound designer Ben Burtt: The tittering probe droid, the braying AT-AT laserspray.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2019
That didn’t seem to faze the opening-night audience, which tittered at each scandalous line.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2019
The pass arrived just in time, and the crowd tittered in excitement.
—Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 3 Aug. 2019
Noun
The exchange gets nothing more than a couple awkward titters, and home viewers can practically see the audience enthusiasm evaporating in the 8H studio.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
The question got titters from the audience, and not because finding the remainder in a division problem is so hilarious (the answer, BTW, is two, with 16 beads on each bracelet).
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 29 Jan. 2025
Trump rallies have over-the-top party energy; Trump nicknames draw titters from the crowd.
—Kate Cohen, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
Santiago, dressed as the Grim Reaper, toys with her for a while, giving her a bit of hope before killing her in front of an audience that nervously titters before bursting into applause.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 19 May 2024
His every appearance is met with titters of laughter, all amply deserved.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 30 June 2023
A bit of public masturbation by a gravesite, rendered in dim blue light as Turturro faces away from the audience, with a splatter of ejaculate rendered through projections (by Alex Basco Koch), gets a few predictable titters from the audience but never feels as edgy as it’s presumably meant to.
—Vulture, 2 Nov. 2023
There are some titters from his family, more deflated than amused.
—Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
There’s much comedy in the asking (menopausal feminists delivering deliberately unfunny monologues at open-mic night at the local comedy club prompts an uneasy titter in both the audience and the reader), but the novel makes clear that the answers aren’t straightforward.
—Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021
Verb
Jenna was the only one upset to hear the news that had all the other girls tittering.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
As a beaming Turner greeted a cast of hopefuls in the premiere episode, the senior center crowd tittered at attention-getting strategies like riding up to the Bachelor Mansion on a motorcycle, groaning at the franchise’s wink-wink, nudge-nudge innuendo.
—Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2023
The crowd began to titter as Newman shaded his eyes, pretending to look into the stands for a challenger.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
Little Madilyn, tittering, looks up at me and stuffs both hands into her mouth to stop from whooping.
—E. Jean Carroll, Outside Online, 15 Nov. 2018
As a consumer product for those who titter, this production appears to check all the boxes.
—Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2021
All hail sound designer Ben Burtt: The tittering probe droid, the braying AT-AT laserspray.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2019
That didn’t seem to faze the opening-night audience, which tittered at each scandalous line.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2019
The pass arrived just in time, and the crowd tittered in excitement.
—Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 3 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for titter
Verb
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The audience at the New York college laughed at the remark, which was said in the context of Obama writing his second presidential memoir.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Apr. 2025
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Of course, this would mean that no white person uses the N word, tells or laughs at racist jokes, holds negative stereotypes of Blacks or discriminates against them.—
James Unnever and Wayne Genthner,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Indian American actor Kal Penn was the host for the evening and his comments as well as those by the hosts drew a lot of laughter.—
Mayu Saini,
Footwear News,
2 Apr. 2025
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Bibby said to a chorus of laughter in a room that included Hornets staffers, coaches from other sports and his family, including son Michael Bibby Jr, who grew up attending Kings practices and games.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
1 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The plot is easy to follow, there are plenty of moments to make younger viewers giggle, and older kids and adults will appreciate the quick-witted humor thrown in by the adults.—
Alex Vance,
Parents,
28 Mar. 2025
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The internet's heart instantly melted at the sound of a baby giggling while the family dog carefully played with her.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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League sources stifle their snickers in public while privately marveling at the owner’s ceaseless stupidity. 3.—
Jeff Howe,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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So he must be placed in the Apparition section, next to ghosts like John Barron, sharing a snicker with Ivana.—
Greg Marotta,
New York Daily News,
12 Jan. 2025
Verb
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At Griffith's house on the day of his death, Kelly remembers chuckling that the police officers milling around kept getting pricked by his cactuses, knowing that Griffith would have appreciated that, given his formerly adversarial relationship with law enforcement.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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The corner outfielder, rated as Colorado’s No. 8 prospect by MLB Pipeline, paused for a long moment and chuckled at the question before answering.—
Patrick Saunders,
The Denver Post,
25 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Polley’s Polley ends up (understandably) screaming in frustration when Matt pratfalls his way into the shot, a tantrum the indie director could hardly relate to as someone known for facilitating calm, peaceful productions on intimate character studies.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
9 Apr. 2025
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Footage shared on social media has shown moviegoers screaming, tossing buckets of popcorn in the air and enthusiastically applauding.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Titter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/titter. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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