snigger
11snigger — Snicker Snick er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Snickered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snickering}.] [Cf. D. snikken to sob, to sigh.] [Written also {snigger}.] 1. To laugh slyly; to laugh in one s sleeve. [1913 Webster] 2. To laugh with audible catches of voice,… …
12snigger — snig|ger [ˈsnıgə US ər] v [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: snicker] [i]BrE to laugh quietly in a way that is not nice at something which is not supposed to be funny American Equivalent: snickersnigger at ▪ What are you sniggering at? This is a serious… …
13snigger — verb (I) BrE to laugh quietly, and often unkindly, at something which is not supposed to be funny; snicker AmE (+ at): What are you sniggering at? This is a serious poem. snigger noun (C) …
14snigger — [ˈsnɪgə] verb [I] British to laugh quietly at something that is rude or at something that is unpleasant that has happened to someone snigger noun [C] …
15snigger — I. /ˈsnɪgə / (say sniguh) verb (i) 1. to laugh in a half suppressed, often indecorous or disrespectful, manner. –verb (t) 2. to utter with a snigger. –noun 3. a sniggering laugh. {imitative} II. /ˈsnɪgə / (say sniguh) noun a person whose job is… …
16snigger snee — variant of snickersnee v …
17snigger — I. intransitive verb (sniggered; sniggering) Etymology: by alteration Date: circa 1706 snicker • sniggerer noun II. noun Date: circa 1823 snicker …
18snigger — catching salmon illegally by dragging a cluster of weighted hooks along a river bed or through a pool (Scottish dialect) …
19snigger — sniggerer, n. sniggeringly, adv. /snig euhr/, v.i., v.t., n. snicker. * * * …
20snigger — Synonyms and related words: Homeric laughter, be in stitches, belly laugh, boff, boffola, break up, burst into laughter, burst of laughter, burst out, burst out laughing, burst with laughter, bust a gut, cachinnate, cachinnation, cackle, chortle …
