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Definition of Snigger
1. Verb. Laugh quietly.
2. Noun. A disrespectful laugh.
Generic synonyms: Laugh, Laughter
Derivative terms: Snicker, Snort, Snorty
Definition of Snigger
1. v. i. See Snicker.
2. n. See Snicker.
Definition of Snigger
1. Noun. A partly suppressed or broken laugh ¹
2. Noun. A sly or snide laugh ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To emit a snigger ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Snigger
1. to snicker [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: snicker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snigger
| snift snifted snifter sniftered snifters sniftier sniftiest snifting snifting valve snifting valves | snifts snifty snig snigg snigged snigging sniggle sniggled sniggler snigglers | sniggles sniggling |
Literary usage of Snigger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"snigger, ». To sneer. East. SNIGGLE, (1) ». To catch eels with a bait on a needle
tied to the end of a string, which is pushed with a short stick into any ..."
2. A New Dictionary of the Italian and English Languages Based Upon that of by Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti, John Davenport, Guglielmo Comelati (1873)
"() To Snicker, vn V. to snigger. To Sniff, vn tirare il fiato pel naso con n>.
more ; va respirare ..."
3. A new dictionary of the Italian and English languages, based upon that of by John Davenport, Giuseppe Marc' Antonio Baretti, Guglielmo Comelati (1854)
"(57«) To Snih, т. a. V. to sneap, to snub. To Snicker, т. n. V. to snigger. ...
To snigger, т. n. ..."
4. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the Land of by Charles de Coster (1918)
"... said with a snigger: And she went and locked all the doors, and put the keys
in her pocket. " Remember, no one can leave till he has paid me. ..."
5. A Pragmatic Legal Expert System by James Popple (1996)
"Stevens, a truck driver, was injured due to the negligence of a snigger. He claimed
that the snigger was an employee of Brodribb and, hence, Brodribb was ..."
6. The Bookman (1910)
"Did you ever hear, for example"—and Mr. snigger goes on to give all the details
of the probably ... You certainly will if Mr. snigger buttonholes you. ..."
7. Society Snapshots: Taken at Ramdom on a Trip Through the World by Cotsford Dick (1901)
"Miss COCKATRICE (ingenuously). Well, for my part, I shouldn't care to be an old
man's darling! CAPTAIN snigger (sotto voce, ..."
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