Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To utter a partly stifled laugh.
- noun A partly stifled laugh.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A halfsuppressed laugh; a giggle. Also
snigger . - To laugh in a half-suppressed or foolish manner; giggle.
- To say in a giggling manner.
- Also
snigger .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A half suppressed, broken laugh.
- intransitive verb To laugh slyly; to laugh in one's sleeve.
- intransitive verb To laugh with audible catches of voice, as when persons attempt to suppress loud laughter.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
stifled orbroken laugh - verb intransitive To
emit a snicker: a stifled or broken laugh. - verb of a horse To
whinny .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a disrespectful laugh
- verb laugh quietly
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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= D or anyone. anyone thats not at school * snicker snicker* that is = D haha love you all! mwah!
katebell Diary Entry katebell 2004
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Oh - wait - i'm sorry, right - I'm doing it for the purpose of pure altruism. * snicker snicker*
moschikat Diary Entry moschikat 2003
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Wildlife candywwgm * snicker snicker* RT @Africafreak: Very "Unusual"
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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(to be fair, most posts on the "ClayBoard" * snicker snicker* were postitive and expressed support)
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* snicker snicker* And he thought I was a good girl!
moschikat Diary Entry moschikat 2003
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At seven in the morning, when Skipper rolled him out of the blanket and got up, Jerry celebrated the new day by chasing the wild-dog back into his hole and by drawing a snicker from the blacks on deck, when, with a growl and a flash of teeth, he made Lerumie side-step half a dozen feet and yield the deck to him.
CHAPTER VII 2010
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At seven in the morning, when Skipper rolled him out of the blanket and got up, Jerry celebrated the new day by chasing the wild-dog back into his hole and by drawing a snicker from the blacks on deck, when, with a growl and a flash of teeth, he made Lerumie side-step half a dozen feet and yield the deck to him.
Chapter 7 1917
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I agree with Pablo: Bush’s applause snicker is pretty disgusting.
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It made me snicker, which is about as hard as I can laugh while using the Web.
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This last election cycle displayed his true colors, especially the demeaning "snicker" at the expense of community organizers.
pterodactyl commented on the word snicker
Disrespectful? I don't know about that. To me, a snicker is just a high-pitched chortle (but not so high-pitched as a giggle).
April 26, 2008
plethora commented on the word snicker
No, I think WeirdNet's right about this one. I don't think of a snicker as highpitched, to me it the sort of laugh you have at someone else's expense. And it's usually done behind your hand, too.
April 26, 2008
Louises commented on the word snicker
"Adam laughed: a strange sound like the whickering snicker of a teazle in anger". Stella Gibbons Cold Comfort farm (and I still don't know what whickering means).
February 15, 2013