SNICKER

snicker, snort, snigger

(noun) a disrespectful laugh

snicker, snigger

(verb) laugh quietly

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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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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