titter
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++tit·ter /ˈtɪtə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive] LAUGHto laugh quietly in a high voice, especially because you are nervous 窃笑；傻笑；嗤嗤地笑 〔尤因紧张〕 At the word ‘breast’, some of the class tittered. 听到“乳房”这个词，班上有些同学嗤嗤地笑了起来。 —titter noun [countable]→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
titter• As the teacher read the poem someone tittered.• The crowd tittered, but he looked at them and silenced the titters.• People riotously reel around here, fighting, fondling, tittering, clowning.• This caused some of the other children to titter, quickly putting their hands over their mouths to stifle the sound.• On the edge of the crowd a few young men tittered, whistled, applauded and stamped their feet.Origin titter (1600-1700) From the soundtit·ter verbChineseSyllable
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titter
tit‧ter /ˈtɪtə $ -ər/
verb [intransitive]
At the word ‘breast’, some of the class tittered.
—titter noun [countable]
▪ laugh to make sounds with your voice and move your face, because you think that something is funny: He looked so funny that we couldn’t stop laughing.
▪giggle to laugh quickly in a high voice, especially in a slightly silly way, or because you are nervous or embarrassed: A group of teenage girls were giggling in a corner. | She tends to giggle when she meets new people.
▪chuckle to laugh quietly, especially because you are thinking about or reading something funny: He was chuckling to himself over an article in the paper. | ‘We used to get up to all kinds of mischief.’ She chuckled at the memory.
▪snigger British English, snicker American English to laugh quietly in an unkind or unpleasant way, for example when someone is hurt or embarrassed: Billy stood up and started to sing, and one or two people sniggered.
▪titter to laugh quietly in a high voice, especially about something that is rude or about sex, or is embarrassing for someone: As a nation we love to titter over politicians’ sex scandals. | schoolboys tittering over a magazine
▪roar with laughter to laugh very loudly, especially with a deep voice: I could hear my father roaring with laughter at something on TV.
▪shriek with laughter to laugh very loudly, especially with a high voice: Patsy chased him down the stairs, shrieking with laughter.
▪howl with laughter to laugh very loudly – used especially about a group of people laughing together: His plays have made audiences howl with laughter.
▪in stitches laughing so much that you cannot stop: It was such a funny film – it had us all in stitches.
▪guffaw /ɡəˈfɔː $ -ˈfɒː/ to laugh very loudly and without trying to stop yourself: The audience guffawed at his nonstop jokes.
▪cackle to laugh loudly in an unpleasant way: The old woman cackled at the trouble she was causing.
tit‧ter /ˈtɪtə $ -ər/
verb [intransitive] Date: 1600-1700
Origin: From the sound
to laugh quietly in a high voice, especially because you are nervous:Origin: From the sound
—titter noun [countable]
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