snicker

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  1. intransitive verb To utter a partly stifled laugh: "I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker” (T.S. Eliot).
  2. noun A snide, slightly stifled laugh.

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  • In a nutshell (** snicker**), Everybody's NUTS! are a FABULOUS choice for snackin 'because: —  Chattablogs
  • Obama should have worn overalls and a straw hat to fit the scene. * snicker* —  Latest Articles
  • Unluckily for her, he liked me better ... * snicker* and we picked up where we left off - poor girl. —  Bobo Blogger
  • Someone says "The president's in the residence." * snicker* OK, writers, have your little jokes. —  Truth v. The Machine
  • You go EP with that Excel / Powerpoint art. * snicker* guest, Jan 22, 2009 5: 16PM —  Dealbreaker
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

titter ·  snigger ·  guffaw ·  giggle ·  caw ·  smirk ·  chortle ·  clunk ·  cackle ·  jeer ·  snort ·  jeering

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snicker:   snickers ·  snickered
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Perhaps imitative.

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  1. Scots also snicher; cf. Scots snecker, breathe londly through the nose, snocker, snort; Middle Dutch snick, Dutch snik, a sigh, sob, gasp, snikken, gasp, sob, = Low German snukken, sob; perhaps ult. akin to Scots nicker, nicher, neigh, and to English neigh, regarded as orig. imitative.
  2. from snicker, v.
 

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