snigger
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈsnɪɡə/
snigger (plural sniggers)
- A partly suppressed or broken laugh.
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, page 255,
- Here the unfeeling Toad broke into a snigger, and then pulled himself together and tried to look particularly solemn.
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, page 255,
- A sly or snide laugh.
- Italian: risatina
- Russian: смешо́к
- French: ricanement
snigger (sniggers, present participle sniggering; past and past participle sniggered)
- (intransitive) To emit a snigger.
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, page 22,
- […] presently the Mole's spirits revived again, and he was even able to give some straight back-talk to a couple of moorhens who were sniggering to each other about his bedraggled appearance.
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, page 22,
- See also Thesaurus:laugh
- French: ricaner
- Russian: посме́иваться
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