titter

Meanings

Plural: titters

Noun

a nervous restrained laugh
A nervous or somewhat repressed giggle.
A woman's breast.

Verb

laugh nervously
To laugh or giggle in a somewhat subdued or restrained way, as from nervousness or poorly-suppressed amusement.
To teeter; to seesaw.

Origin / Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

giggle, laugh, snicker

Scrabble Score: 6

titter is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
titter is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
titter is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

titter is a valid Words With Friends word