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snigger

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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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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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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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