tittering

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

tittering
    adj 1: being or sounding of nervous or suppressed laughter [syn:
           {thoriated}, {tittering}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Titter \Tit"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tittered}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Tittering}.] [Probably of imitative origin.]
   To laugh with the tongue striking against the root of the
   upper teeth; to laugh with restraint, or without much noise;
   to giggle.
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         A group of tittering pages ran before.   --Longfellow.
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