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Definition of Sniggle
1. v. i. To fish for eels by thrusting the baited hook into their holes or hiding places.
2. v. t. To catch, as an eel, by sniggling; hence, to hook; to insnare.
Definition of Sniggle
1. Verb. To catch an eel by thrusting a baited hook into its den. ¹
2. Verb. Alternate spelling and pronunciation of snicker (corruption with giggle.) To chortle or chuckle. ¹
3. Verb. (obsolete) To steal something of little value; diminutive corruption of snag + ''diminutive suffix.'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sniggle
1. to fish for eels [v -GLED, -GLING, -GLES]
Medical Definition of Sniggle
1. To fish for eels by thrusting the baited hook into their holes or hiding places. Origin: See Snig a kind of eel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sniggle
| snifting valves snifts snifty snig snigg snigged snigging sniggle (current term) sniggled sniggler | snigglers sniggles sniggling sniglet sniglets snigs snip snip off snipe snipe hunt | snipe hunts snipebill |
Literary usage of Sniggle
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)
"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 hole where an eel may be ..."
2. Shropshire Word-book: A Glossary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Etc., Used by Georgina Frederica Jackson (1879)
"See sniggle (1), below. SNIGGER [snig'ur'], va and кЬ. to laugh in a ... Cf.
sniggle-grass. below. sniggle-BOGS, sb. pi. large tufts of sniggle-grass. ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1890)
"J. See sniggle. sniggle [snig-1], sb. an eel peculiar to the Avon in ... sniggle,
vn (1) To titter ; to sneer at a person.—NH (2) To snarl; as a dog. ..."
4. Happy Thoughts: Complete, Including "Happy Thoughts", "More Happy Thoughts by Francis Cowley Burnand (1891)
"I ask, " sniggle for chub ?" He pities me, and answers, " No, sniggle for eels.
... Dibble," says he, " by day : sniggle," says he, " by night. ..."
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