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SNICKER
snicker, snort, snigger
(noun) a disrespectful laugh
snicker, snigger
(verb) laugh quietly
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
snicker (plural snickers)
A stifled or broken laugh.
Verb
snicker (third-person singular simple present snickers, present participle snickering, simple past and past participle snickered)
(intransitive) To emit a snicker, a stifled or broken laugh.
(transitive) To utter through a laugh of this kind.
(of a horse) To whinny.
Synonyms
• See also laugh
Etymology 2
Noun
snicker (plural snickers)
(cricket, rare) A player who snicks the ball.
Anagrams
• Kincers, Renicks, Resnick, nickers
Source: Wiktionary
Snick"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Snickered; p. pr. & vb. n. Snickering.] Etym: [Cf. D. snikken to sob, to sigh.] [Written also snigger.]
1. To laugh slyly; to laugh in one's sleeve.
2. To laugh with audible catches of voice, as when persons attempt to suppress loud laughter.
Snick"er, n.
Definition: A half suppressed, broken laugh. [Written also snigger.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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