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snigger
English
Alternative forms
- snicker
Etymology
British variant pronunciation and spelling of snicker. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sn???/
- Rhymes: -???(r)
Noun
snigger (plural sniggers)
- A partly suppressed or broken laugh.
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, page 255,
- Here the unfeeling Toad broke into a snigger, and then pulled himself together and tried to look particularly solemn.
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, page 255,
- A sly or snide laugh.
Translations
Verb
snigger (third-person singular simple present sniggers, present participle sniggering, simple past and past participle sniggered)
- (intransitive) To emit a snigger.
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, page 22,
- […] presently the Mole's spirits revived again, and he was even able to give some straight back-talk to a couple of moorhens who were sniggering to each other about his bedraggled appearance.
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, page 22,
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:laugh
Translations
References
Anagrams
- gingers, niggers, serging
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sniggery
English
Etymology
snigger +? -y
Adjective
sniggery (comparative more sniggery, superlative most sniggery)
- Prone to sniggering.
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