titter

(Anglès)

Verb

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

Noun

A nervous or somewhat repressed giggle.

Noun

A woman's breast.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈtɪtə(ɹ)/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: *titeren

Cognat amb anglès mitjà: titering

Cognat amb nòrdic antic: titra

Cognat amb suec: tittra

In summary

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”).

Conceptes

riure

😆

rialleta

Sinònims

giggle

snicker

chuckle

snigger

laugh

😆

chortle

giggling

cackle

crack

be in stitches

guffaw

simper

smirk

😏

sneer

sniggering

whicker

amuse

Traduccions

ricaner

kichern

ricanement

ridacchiare

kıkırdamak

chichotać

rire étouffé

Gekicher

κιχλισμός

κιχλίζω

pouffer

gloussement

rire

😆

petit rire

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