titter

A recognizable screen star, Gambon went out not with a Broadway bang but with a sly Beckettian titter, committed as always to the work rather than his celebrity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2023

But the laugh still felt to me like the queasy titter of being backed into a corner, with nowhere else to go.

From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2022

By the time the first half of the film had been unfolded yesterday the spectators were beginning to titter gently.

From Slate ● Dec. 31, 2019

Seven days quiz What wisecrack caused a titter before the Queen's Speech?

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2017

The women in the doorway all titter at Mr. Gideon's pretty words, and as we continue walking, Katherine leans in close to my ear.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

In the Netflix film, Swan demonstrates with calipers on a life-size, anatomically correct male baby doll in a coffee shop to the nervous titters of the participants.

From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2026

The upper keys were pressed to combine different types of laughter, from titters to belly laughs, and the foot pedals controlled the timing and duration of the laughter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

The titters would feel dismissive, except that they also fit the tone’s grand-scale terror.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025

"And there was understandably a lot of titters, laughter and giggles - but it's starting to feel like a tangible thing that could actually come to fruition."

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2025

There were some titters in the audience, so I figured it was safe for me to start out by saying to the minister, “I was his girlfriend.”

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

The point was that Bush lacked “moral courage,” Mr. Trudeau explained defensively, though more than a few readers must have tittered at the cruelty of his word choice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

“Do you think they’ll let me take home one of the freaky sandworm popcorn buckets?” someone in the crowd tittered.

From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2024

But titter not, lest you be tittered, it’s back tomorrow and the cold turkey will be brief.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 5, 2021

“You might be expecting me to say something bad about Kanye, and how he ran up on the stage and ruined my VMA . . .” she sang, as the audience tittered expectantly.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 14, 2019

"Now there's a weasel clever as a goat!" the fool tittered.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

SAN FRANCISCO—Alex Sorenson and Lizzie Silvers were about to tie the knot at an outdoor ceremony when a group of tipsy young men stumbled in out of the gloom, tittering at discovering nuptials in progress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

As Hedda’s actions grow more extreme, the audience could be heard tittering.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026

And that, Youssef said in a half-joke that turned Stewart’s misty eyes to tittering ones, is why he was forced to flee Egypt.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2022

I also recall a lot of tittering when the prince got into a car accident while driving earlier that year.

From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2021

All the girls were tittering and giggling at the way Isao and Lois held hands and looked at each other.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston