titter

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Sinónimos

giggle

snicker

chuckle

snigger

laugh

😆

chortle

giggling

cackle

crack

be in stitches

guffaw

simper

smirk

😏

sneer

sniggering

whicker

amuse

Traducións

ricaner

ricanement

ridacchiare

kichern

kıkırdamak

rire étouffé

Gekicher

γελώ ανοητώς

gloussement

Glucksen

pouffer

rialleta

γελώ πνιχτά

χάχανο

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈtɪtə(ɹ)/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: *titeren

Relativo a Middle English: titering

Relativo a Old Norse: titra

Relativo a sueco: 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”).