different between sniggle vs snaggle

English

Etymology 1

From an alteration (perhaps due to giggle) of snigger, itself a variant of snicker.

Verb

sniggle (third-person singular simple present sniggles, present participle sniggling, simple past and past participle sniggled)

1. (intransitive) To chortle or chuckle; snicker.
   • 1864, Elizabeth Gaskell, Cousin Phillis

     Ay! you see you'll laugh at the bare thought on it — and I'll be bound th' minister, though he's not a laughing man, would ha' sniggled at th' notion of falling in love wi' the child.

Etymology 2

See snig (“a kind of eel”) +? -le (frequentative verbal suffix).

Verb

sniggle (third-person singular simple present sniggles, present participle sniggling, simple past and past participle sniggled)

1. (intransitive) To fish for eels by thrusting a baited hook into their dens.
2. (transitive) To catch by this means.
3. (transitive, figuratively) To ensnare.

Derived terms

• sniggler

Etymology 3

From an alteration of snag +? -le.

Verb

sniggle (third-person singular simple present sniggles, present participle sniggling, simple past and past participle sniggled)

1. (obsolete) To steal something of little value

References

• Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus 1993.

Anagrams

• eglings, gesling, gingles, leggins, niggles

English

Etymology

snag +? -le

Noun

snaggle (plural snaggles)

1. A tangled, knotted, or intertwined mass.

Derived terms

• snaggly
• snaggle-toothed

Verb

snaggle (third-person singular simple present snaggles, present participle snaggling, simple past and past participle snaggled)

1. To become tangled, knotted or intertwined.

Anagrams

• gangles, naggles