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snig⋅ger

[snig-er]
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object), noun
snicker.

snig⋅ger⋅er, noun
snig⋅ger⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

snick⋅er

[snik-er]
–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.


snick⋅er⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
snig·ger   (snĭg'ər)   
n.  A snicker.
intr.v.   snig·gered, snig·ger·ing, snig·gers
To snicker.

[Perhaps alteration of snicker.]

Snigger

Snig"ger\, n. See Snicker. --Dickens.
Language Translation for : snigger
Spanish: risilla,
German: kichern,
Japanese: くすくす笑う

snigger 
1706, variant form of snicker (q.v.).
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