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snicker
[ snik-er ]
verb (used without object)
- to laugh in a half-suppressed, indecorous or disrespectful manner.
verb (used with object)
- to utter with a snicker.
noun
- a snickering laugh.
snicker
/ ˈɪə /
noun
- a sly or disrespectful laugh, esp one partly stifled
verb
- to utter such a laugh Equivalent term (in Britain and certain other countries)snigger
- (of a horse) to whinny
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Other 51Թ Forms
- Ծİ·Բ· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of snicker1
First recorded in 1685–95; of expressive origin
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51Թ 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.”
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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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