different between snogger vs snigger

English

Etymology

snog +? -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -???(r)

Noun

snogger (plural snoggers)

1. (informal) Someone who snogs.
2. (X-Files fandom slang, derogatory) A fan who believed Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny were romantically involved or shipped them together.

See also

• kisser

Anagrams

• Gregson

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)

1. 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.

2. A sly or snide laugh.

Translations

Verb

snigger (third-person singular simple present sniggers, present participle sniggering, simple past and past participle sniggered)

1. (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.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:laugh

Translations

References

Anagrams

• gingers, niggers, serging