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snick·er

(snĭk′ər)

intr.v. snick·ered, snick·er·ing, snick·ers

To utter a partly stifled laugh: "I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker" (T.S. Eliot).

A partly stifled laugh.

[Perhaps imitative.]

snick′er·ing·ly adv.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

snicker

(ˈsnɪkə)

chiefly US and Canadian a sly or disrespectful laugh, esp one partly stifled

1. to utter such a laugh. Equivalent term (in Britain and certain other countries): snigger

2. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) (of a horse) to whinny

[C17: probably of imitative origin]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

snick•er

(ˈsnɪk ər)

v.i.

1. to laugh in a half-suppressed, indecorous or disrespectful manner.

v.t.

2. to utter with a snicker.

3. a snickering laugh.

[1685–95; of expressive orig.]

snick′er•ing•ly, adv.

snicker

Past participle: snickered
Gerund: snickering

Imperative
snicker
snicker

Present
I snicker
you snicker
he/she/it snickers
we snicker
you snicker
they snicker

Preterite
I snickered
you snickered
he/she/it snickered
we snickered
you snickered
they snickered

Present Continuous
I am snickering
you are snickering
he/she/it is snickering
we are snickering
you are snickering
they are snickering

Present Perfect
I have snickered
you have snickered
he/she/it has snickered
we have snickered
you have snickered
they have snickered

Past Continuous
I was snickering
you were snickering
he/she/it was snickering
we were snickering
you were snickering
they were snickering

Past Perfect
I had snickered
you had snickered
he/she/it had snickered
we had snickered
you had snickered
they had snickered

Future
I will snicker
you will snicker
he/she/it will snicker
we will snicker
you will snicker
they will snicker

Future Perfect
I will have snickered
you will have snickered
he/she/it will have snickered
we will have snickered
you will have snickered
they will have snickered

Future Continuous
I will be snickering
you will be snickering
he/she/it will be snickering
we will be snickering
you will be snickering
they will be snickering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been snickering
you have been snickering
he/she/it has been snickering
we have been snickering
you have been snickering
they have been snickering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been snickering
you will have been snickering
he/she/it will have been snickering
we will have been snickering
you will have been snickering
they will have been snickering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been snickering
you had been snickering
he/she/it had been snickering
we had been snickering
you had been snickering
they had been snickering

Conditional
I would snicker
you would snicker
he/she/it would snicker
we would snicker
you would snicker
they would snicker

Past Conditional
I would have snickered
you would have snickered
he/she/it would have snickered
we would have snickered
you would have snickered
they would have snickered

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

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Noun	1.	snicker - a disrespectful laugh snigger, snort laugh, laughter - the sound of laughing
Verb	1.	snicker - laugh quietly snigger express joy, express mirth, laugh - produce laughter

snicker

verb

1. snigger, laugh, giggle, smirk, titter We all snickered at her.

noun

1. snigger, laugh, giggle, titter a chorus of jeers and snickers

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

snicker

verb

1. To laugh in a stifled way:

giggle, snigger, titter.

2. To smile or laugh scornfully or derisively:

fleer, sneer, snigger.

Idiom: curl one's lip.

noun

1. A stifled laugh:

giggle, snigger, titter.

2. A facial expression or laugh conveying scorn or derision:

fleer, sneer, snigger.

Translations

nitrire

snicker

[ˈsnɪkəʳ] (Am)

1. vi → ridacchiare

2. n → risatina

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At seven in the morning, when Skipper rolled him out of the blanket and got up, Jerry celebrated the new day by chasing the wild-dog back into his hole and by drawing a snicker from the blacks on deck, when, with a growl and a flash of teeth, he made Lerumie side-step half a dozen feet and yield the deck to him.

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The minister was preaching and everything was quiet and solemn when he heard a snicker behind him.

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Even the lads and lassies giggled and snickered over their part in the affair, narrating with gusto how Larry had jumped on my chest and slept under the bridge, how So-and-So had slept out in the sandhills that night, and what had happened to the other lad who fell in the ditch.

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If anyone tells you that a friendship can be deeper and bigger and more worth while than dollars and cents, or even more worth while than state politics, you snicker and laugh."

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