tittering

• Устаревшее или литературное прилагательное, описывающее человека или предмет, который смеётся или хихикает нервно, сдержанно или глупо.

An archaic or literary adjective describing a person or thing that is laughing or giggling in a nervous, restrained, or silly manner.

1. Nervous or suppressed laughterB2informal

   Characterized by or producing short, quiet, and often nervous laughs.

   Хихикающий

   • The tittering audience made the speaker uncomfortable.
   • A tittering sound came from the back of the classroom.
   • Her tittering response showed she was embarrassed.

• Глагол, используемый для выражения короткого, нервного или сдержанного смеха, часто глупым или смущённым образом.

A verb used to express a short, nervous, or restrained laugh, often in a silly or embarrassed manner.

1. Laugh nervouslyB2informal

   To laugh in a quiet, restrained, or nervous way, often due to embarrassment or amusement.

   Хихикать

   • The audience tittered nervously at the comedian's awkward joke.
   • She tittered when he complimented her dress.
   • They tittered behind their hands during the serious speech.

   Synonymschucklegigglesnickersnigger