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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.
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noun
3.
a snickering laugh.
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Example Sentences
- Many a snicker greeted this blatant attempt to prefigure and even direct the course of artistic expression.
- The youngsters in the room may even snicker derisively and wonder if anyone was ever daft enough to believe that.
- They don't parrot the party line, they snicker at some official's sanitized version, they'll listen to their hosts' ideas.
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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.
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