[f. TITTER v.1] The act of tittering; a stifled laugh, a giggle.

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1728.  Morgan, Algiers, II. v. 314. I do not think I ever can forget it: for it so often sets me on the Titter.

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1777.  Mme. D’Arblay, Early Diary, 7 April. He kept a continual titter among the young ladies.

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1874.  Burnand, My Time, xvii. 144. Irrepressible titters among those of the audience most remote from the stage.

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  b.  transf. A sound as of tittering; a rustling.

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1856.  Bryant, Gladness Nat., iv. There’s a titter of winds in that beechen-tree.

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