titter

IPA: tˈɪtɝ

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

Examples of "titter" in Sentences

"This came in the morning post," he ventured apologetically and with the hint of a titter.
Her standing out in the room was the signal for a convulsed titter from the other prisoners.
Instead of manic tears flowing down their cheeks, each little titter was weighed and savored; good God, she said one night
It would seem to be a born of the same zeitgeist that brought us Avenue Q; our desire to titter at the incongruity of naughty and innocent.
I so remember that product, and how the name tanked it when the AIDS crisis hit … and how the product made some kids in high school titter. o_O
It was such a welcome release of tension that both of them started to titter, which succeeded in drawing curious looks at the pair of laughing loonys.
Suddenly curious noise, that I'm told is known as a titter, interrupted me, and, before I had quite finished, there was a boisterous roar of laughter. "
Or rather, she read the first two pages, gave the kind of titter that frightens dogs and small children, then announced with finality, Well, you have some good lines here.
"Prefer chaney to cricket?" asked Urquhart's uncle, with his agreeable laugh that was too attractive to be described as a titter, a name that its high, light quality might have suggested.