tittering

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

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

1. Nervous or suppressed laughter B2 informal

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

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

   🇷🇺Хихикающий

• more tittering comparative form
• most tittering superlative form

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

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

1. Laugh nervously B2 informal

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

   • 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.

   🇷🇺Хихикать

   Синонимы: chucklegigglesnickersnigger

• tittered past participle
• tittered past simple
• tittering present participle
• titters third person singular