snickering

And you could hear snickering from the tea-baggers.

Think Progress » Coburn Implores Audience To Not Be ‘Biased By Fox News’ 2010

"The house has definitely been altered," said Shannon Lee, the actor's daughter, who recalled snickering when she learned about the home's love hotel status in her mid-teens.

Medindia Health News 2010

I recalled the snickering from the back of various class rooms that seemed to get progressively worse as we interrupted frog dissections and geometric shapes on overhead projectors to promote our latest musical ...

TVgasm Recaps BirschTalk 2010

"The house has definitely been altered," said Shannon Lee, the actor's daughter, who recalled snickering when she learned about the home's love hotel status in her mid-teens.

Channel NewsAsia Front Page News 2010

It didn't sound to me like he was making fun of that possibility—as "snickering" implies.

Mickey Kaus on Sniggergate. Ann Althouse 2009

And this one you can feel people, like, universally kind of snickering, like, behind their back, like, around the world.

CNN Transcript Apr 11, 2005 2005

At best, I could say that there was a kind of snickering respect for my determination.

Owning a boat in Venice 2003

At best, I could say that there was a kind of snickering respect for my determination.

Veniceblog: 2003

He describes the "sucking sound" of modern French police sirens, the "snickering" of certain neon signs, the melodious "parping of automobiles."

NYT > Home Page By DWIGHT GARNER 2010

"My friends were kind of snickering at him, and I didn't like that," Ramirez said.

The Seattle Times 2010