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noun
Snicker  n.  (Written also snigger)  A half suppressed, broken laugh.


Snigger  n.  See Snicker.


verb
Snicker  v. i.  (past & past part. snickered; pres. part. snickering)  (Written also snigger)  
1.
To laugh slyly; to laugh in one's sleeve.
2.
To laugh with audible catches of voice, as when persons attempt to suppress loud laughter.


Snigger  v. i.  See Snicker.





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"Snigger" Quotes from Famous Books



... personage? Are you aware that the actions you are proposing—which would be disgraceful enough if you were any little obscure bourgeoise—must precipitate a public scandal? Have you reflected that it will all be printed in the newspapers, for men to snigger at in their cafes, for women to cackle over in their boudoirs? Have you reflected that you will make yourself a nine-days' wonder, a subject for tittle-tattle with all the gossip-mongers of Europe? Are you ...
— The Lady Paramount • Henry Harland
... telescope at a sun-spot," said Gazen, bringing the instrument to bear upon the sun. "You will then see how fast we are running to perdition. I say—what would our friends in London think if they could see us now? Wouldn't old Possil snigger! Well, I shall get the better of him at last. I shall solve the great mystery of the 'sun-spots' and the 'willow leaves.' Only he will never know it. That's a ...
— A Trip to Venus • John Munro
... said Quinby, with a peculiarly aggressive specimen of the nasal snigger of which enough was made in a previous chapter, but of which ...
— No Hero • E.W. Hornung
... be?" he inquired, mightily contemptuous. There was a snigger from some in the crowd that pressed about them, and even Monsieur Gaubert ...
— St. Martin's Summer • Rafael Sabatini
... of the men began to snigger. ''E seems to 'ave got 'isself into a bit of a fog,' remarked Crass in a loud whisper to Slyme, ...
— The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists • Robert Tressell


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