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snig·ger
(snĭg′ər)n.
A snicker.
intr.v. snig·gered, snig·ger·ing, snig·gers
To snicker.
[Perhaps alteration of snicker.]
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snigger
(ˈsnɪɡə) orsnicker
n
a sly or disrespectful laugh, esp one partly stifled
vb (intr)
to utter such a laugh
[C18: variant of snicker]
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snick•er
(ˈsnɪk ər)v.i.
1. to laugh in a half-suppressed, indecorous or disrespectful manner.
v.t. 2. to utter with a snicker.
n. 3. a snickering laugh.
[1685–95; of expressive orig.]
snick′er•ing•ly, adv.
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snigger
Past participle: sniggered
Gerund: sniggering
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Noun | 1. | snigger - a disrespectful laugh |
Verb | 1. | snigger - laugh quietly |
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snigger
verb
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snigger
nounverb
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Translations
ضَحِكيَضْحَكيَضْحَكُ ضَحِكاً نِصْفِ مَكْبُوت
chichotánípochechtávat sesmát se
fnisefnis
tirskua
cerekati se
flissa hæînislegahæînisfliss
にやにや笑う
킬킬 웃다
ķiķināšanaķiķināt
flina
หัวเราะเยาะ
bıyık altından gülmebıyık altından/kıs kıs gülmekkıs kıs gülmek
cười thầm
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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snigger
vi → kichern (at, about wegen)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
snigger
(ˈsnigə) verb to laugh quietly in an unpleasant manner eg at someone else's misfortune. When he fell off his chair we all sniggered.
noun an act of sniggering.
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snigger
→ يَضْحَكُ ضَحِكاً نِصْفِ مَكْبُوت smát se fnise kichern χαχανίζω reírse por lo bajo tirskua ricaner cerekati se ridacchiare にやにや笑う 킬킬 웃다 gniffelen fnise zachichotać rir à socapa, rir com dissimulação хихикать flina หัวเราะเยาะ kıs kıs gülmek cười thầm 窃笑Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009