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titter

Pronunciation: /ˈtɪtə(ɹ)/

The English word “titter” has 5 meanings listed here.

verb

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

noun

  1. A nervous or somewhat repressed giggle.
  2. A woman's breast.
  3. A girl or young woman.

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”), ultimately of imitative origin. Related to Old Norse titra (“to shake, shiver, quiver”) (if not borrowed from it), dialectal Swedish tittra (“to snicker”). Compare also Proto-Germanic *titrōną…

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