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snicker

[ snik-er ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to laugh in a half-suppressed, indecorous or disrespectful manner.


verb (used with object)

  1. to utter with a snicker.

noun

  1. a snickering laugh.

snicker

/ ˈ²õ²Ôɪ°ìÉ™ /

noun

  1. a sly or disrespectful laugh, esp one partly stifled
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to utter such a laugh Equivalent term (in Britain and certain other countries)snigger
  2. (of a horse) to whinny
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of snicker1

First recorded in 1685–95; of expressive origin
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of snicker1

C17: probably of imitative origin
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And while members of the GOP applauded Booker’s tenacity, they also secretly snickered that “he’ll be as successful as Thurmond was holding back civil rights.â€

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Once recovered and breathing properly, one snicker from either of us in remembrance of what had been so funny, and off we would go, falling back into hysterics.

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The differences were stark and — save for the occasional groan, eye roll or sarcastic snicker — politely received.

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Hardly a mention of the production went by without a snicker.

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Two of the men coughed to hide their snickering.

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