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To snicker is defined as to laugh in a stifled way.

(verb)

An example of snicker is what someone does after a silly joke is told.

The definition of a snicker is a laugh that is stifled.

(noun)

An example of snicker is what you do when you hear something funny at which you don't want to laugh loudly.

See snicker in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb

to laugh in a sly or derisive, partly stifled manner
to neigh; nicker

Origin: echoic

transitive verb

to utter with a snicker

noun

a sly or derisive, partly stifled laugh

Related Forms:

snickeringly adverb

See snicker in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intransitive verb 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).

noun

A snide, slightly stifled laugh.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps imitative

Related Forms:

snickˈer·ing·ly adverb

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