Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of titter
plural titterings
- The act of one who titters.
The good signor's little address was received in a variety of ways: there were titterings and coughings, and there were also a few instances of noble and generous response to poor Leonard's action […]
1855, Anna Mary Howitt, A school of life, page 63 - collectiveA group of magpies.
A veritable "tittering" of magpies.
2003 May 22, geoff, “nasty magpie?”, in uk.rec.birdwatching (Usenet), archived from the original on 25 Jul 20262 more examples
it looked like the perfect home for a tittering of magpies.
2017, Victoria Cooke, The Secret to Falling in Love, HarperCollins PublishingI'd say yes, if that magpie tittering knew about your beliefs, this same would have happened.
2020 February 24, Kalomoira, “Question about discrimination of religion”, in reddit.com, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2026
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivebeing or sounding of nervous or suppressed laughter
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Cite this entry
tittering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tittering
“tittering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tittering. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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