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Snickered

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snick⋅er

  [snik-er]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to laugh in a half-suppressed, indecorous or disrespectful manner.
–verb (used with object)
2. to utter with a snicker.
–noun
3. a snickering laugh.
Also, snigger.

Origin:
1685–95; of expressive orig.

Related forms:
snick⋅er⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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snick·er   (snĭk'ər)   
intr.v.   snick·ered, snick·er·ing, snick·ers
To utter a partly stifled laugh: "I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker" (T.S. Eliot).
n.  A snide, slightly stifled laugh.

[Perhaps imitative.]
snick'er·ing·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

snicker 
1694, possibly of imitative origin, similar to Du. snikken "to gasp, sob." The noun is first recorded 1836, from the verb.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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