Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To utter a partly stifled laugh: "I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker” ( T.S. Eliot).
- n. A snide, slightly stifled laugh.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To laugh in a half-suppressed or foolish manner; giggle.
- To say in a giggling manner.
- Also snigger.
- n. A halfsuppressed laugh; a giggle. Also snigger.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To laugh slyly; to laugh in one's sleeve.
- v. To laugh with audible catches of voice, as when persons attempt to suppress loud laughter.
- n. A half suppressed, broken laugh.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a disrespectful laugh
- v. laugh quietly
Etymologies
- Perhaps imitative.
Examples
“= D or anyone. anyone thats not at school * snicker snicker* that is = D haha love you all! mwah!”
“Oh - wait - i'm sorry, right - I'm doing it for the purpose of pure altruism. * snicker snicker*”
“Wildlife candywwgm * snicker snicker* RT @Africafreak: Very "Unusual”
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“(to be fair, most posts on the "ClayBoard" * snicker snicker* were postitive and expressed support)”
“* snicker snicker* And he thought I was a good girl!”
“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.”
“I agree with Pablo: Bush’s applause snicker is pretty disgusting.”
“It made me snicker, which is about as hard as I can laugh while using the Web.”
“This last election cycle displayed his true colors, especially the demeaning "snicker" at the expense of community organizers.”
“I mean c'mon, did you really think orchestral and "snicker" pan flutes would cut it for a short teaser trailer like that.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘snicker’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
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Funny Laughter Words
Words that speak humor
humor, laugh, funny, laughter, hilarity, guffaw, chortle, giggle, burst, hilarious, happy, chuckle and 66 more...
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onomatopoeic
warble, quibble, quirk, drudgery, chortle, snicker, galumph, thwart, schlock, whimsy, garble, miffed and 25 more...
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words that make you smile...
can be funny words, oxymorons or words describing laughter and fun.giggle, sniggle, snicker, chuckle, titter, guffaw, smile, hoot, twitter, hee-haw, tee-hee, snort and 68 more...
plethora No, I think WeirdNet's right about this one. I don't think of a snicker as highpitched, to me it the sort of laugh you have at someone else's expense. And it's usually done behind your hand, too. Apr 25, 2008
pterodactyl Disrespectful? I don't know about that. To me, a snicker is just a high-pitched chortle (but not so high-pitched as a giggle). Apr 25, 2008