titteringとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

tittering (plural titterings)

1. The act of one who titters.
   • 1855, Anna Mary Howitt, A school of life, page 63:

     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 […]

2. (collective) A group of magpies.
   • 2017, Victoria Cooke, The Secret to Falling in Love‎, HarperCollins Publishing:

     it looked like the perfect home for a tittering of magpies.

   • 2020 February 24, Kalomoira, “Question about discrimination of religion”, in reddit.com‎, archived from the original on 25 July 2026:

     I'd say yes, if that magpie tittering knew about your beliefs, this same would have happened.

   • 2003 May 22, geoff, “nasty magpie?”, in uk.rec.birdwatching‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 25 July 2026:

     A veritable "tittering" of magpies.