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snig⋅ger

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

Related forms:
snick⋅er⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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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.

snigger 
1706, variant form of snicker (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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