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snicker

American  
[snik-er] / ˈsnɪk ər /

verb (used without object)

  1. to laugh in a half-suppressed, indecorous or disrespectful manner.

verb (used with object)

  1. to utter with a snicker.

noun

  1. a snickering laugh.

snicker British  
/ ˈsnɪkə /

noun

  1. a sly or disrespectful laugh, esp one partly stifled

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verb

  1. Equivalent term (in Britain and certain other countries): snigger.  to utter such a laugh

  2. (of a horse) to whinny

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Other Word Forms

  • snickeringly adverb

Etymology

Origin of snicker

First recorded in 1685–95; of expressive origin

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