sniggle (third-person singular simple present sniggles, present participle sniggling, simple past and past participle sniggled)
To chortle or chuckle; snicker (often used in contempt).
sniggle (third-person singular simple present sniggles, present participle sniggling, simple past and past participle sniggled)
(intransitive) To fish for eels by thrusting a baited hook into their dens.
(transitive) To catch by this means.
(transitive, figurative) To ensnare.
sniggle (third-person singular simple present sniggles, present participle sniggling, simple past and past participle sniggled)
(obsolete) To steal something of little value
• eglings, gesling, gingles, leggins, niggles
Source: Wiktionary
Snig"gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sniggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Sniggling().] Etym: [See Snig a kind of eel.]
Definition: To fish for eels by thrusting the baited hook into their holes or hiding places. Walton.
Snig"gle, v. t.
Definition: To catch, as an eel, by sniggling; hence, to hook; to insnare. Beau & Fl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 December 2024
(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
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