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snig·ger

(snĭg′ər)
n.
A snicker.
intr.v. snig·gered, snig·ger·ing, snig·gers
To snicker.
[Perhaps alteration of snicker.]
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snigger

(ˈsnɪɡə) or

snicker

n
a sly or disrespectful laugh, esp one partly stifled
vb (intr)
to utter such a laugh
[C18: variant of snicker]
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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.
n.
3. a snickering laugh.
[1685–95; of expressive orig.]
snick′er•ing•ly, adv.
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snigger


Past participle: sniggered
Gerund: sniggering

Imperative
snigger
snigger
Present
I snigger
you snigger
he/she/it sniggers
we snigger
you snigger
they snigger
Preterite
I sniggered
you sniggered
he/she/it sniggered
we sniggered
you sniggered
they sniggered
Present Continuous
I am sniggering
you are sniggering
he/she/it is sniggering
we are sniggering
you are sniggering
they are sniggering
Present Perfect
I have sniggered
you have sniggered
he/she/it has sniggered
we have sniggered
you have sniggered
they have sniggered
Past Continuous
I was sniggering
you were sniggering
he/she/it was sniggering
we were sniggering
you were sniggering
they were sniggering
Past Perfect
I had sniggered
you had sniggered
he/she/it had sniggered
we had sniggered
you had sniggered
they had sniggered
Future
I will snigger
you will snigger
he/she/it will snigger
we will snigger
you will snigger
they will snigger
Future Perfect
I will have sniggered
you will have sniggered
he/she/it will have sniggered
we will have sniggered
you will have sniggered
they will have sniggered
Future Continuous
I will be sniggering
you will be sniggering
he/she/it will be sniggering
we will be sniggering
you will be sniggering
they will be sniggering
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been sniggering
you have been sniggering
he/she/it has been sniggering
we have been sniggering
you have been sniggering
they have been sniggering
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been sniggering
you will have been sniggering
he/she/it will have been sniggering
we will have been sniggering
you will have been sniggering
they will have been sniggering
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been sniggering
you had been sniggering
he/she/it had been sniggering
we had been sniggering
you had been sniggering
they had been sniggering
Conditional
I would snigger
you would snigger
he/she/it would snigger
we would snigger
you would snigger
they would snigger
Past Conditional
I would have sniggered
you would have sniggered
he/she/it would have sniggered
we would have sniggered
you would have sniggered
they would have sniggered
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:snigger - a disrespectful laugh]snigger - a disrespectful laugh
laugh, laughter - the sound of laughing
Verb 1. snigger - laugh quietly
express joy, express mirth, laugh - produce laughter
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snigger

verb
1. laugh, giggle, sneer, snicker, titter The tourists snigger at the locals' outdated ways and dress.
noun
1. laugh, giggle, sneer, snicker, titter trying to suppress a snigger
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snigger

noun
1. A stifled laugh:
2. A facial expression or laugh conveying scorn or derision:
verb
1. To laugh in a stifled way:
2. To smile or laugh scornfully or derisively:
Idiom: curl one's lip.
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Translations
chichotánípochechtávat sesmát se
fnisefnis
tirskua
cerekati se
flissa hæînislegahæînisfliss
にやにや笑う
킬킬 웃다
ķiķināšanaķiķināt
flina
หัวเราะเยาะ
bıyık altından gülmebıyık altından/kıs kıs gülmekkıs kıs gülmek
cười thầm

snigger

[ˈsnɪgəʳ]
A. N → risilla f, risita f
B. VI → reír disimuladamente
to snigger at sth → reírse tontamente de algo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

snigger

[ˈsnɪgər]
n → ricanement m, rire m moqueur
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

snigger

n → Kichern nt, → Gekicher nt; to give a snigger → loskichern
vi → kichern (at, about wegen)
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snigger

[ˈsnɪgəʳ] (pej)
1. n → risolino
2. vi → ridacchiare, ridere sotto i baffi
to snigger at → ridere sotto i baffi per
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

snigger

(ˈsnigə) verb
to laugh quietly in an unpleasant manner eg at someone else's misfortune. When he fell off his chair we all sniggered. giggel يَضْحَك кикотя се rir pochechtávat se kichern fnise χαχανίζω risilla itsitama پوزخند زدن hihittää ricaner לִצְחוֹק צְחוֹק עַצוּר हंसना, ठीठी करना prigušeno hihotati, cinički se smijuljiti kuncog menertawakan flissa hæðnislega ridacchiare くすくす笑う (작은 소리로) 킬킬 웃다 kikenti ķiķināt ketawa tertahan-tahan gniffelen fnise chichotać, rechotać پټ خندل، په نيمه خوله خندل: پټه خوله خندا rir à socapa a rânji хихикать chichotať sa hihitati se smejuljiti se fnissa, flina หัวเราะคิกคัก bıyık altından/kıs kıs gülmek 竊笑(別人的不幸) хихотіти کسی کی مصیبت پر دبی دبی ہنسی ہنسنا cười thầm, cười khẩy 窃笑(别人的不幸)
noun
an act of sniggering. giggel ضَحِك сподавен смях riso chichotání das Kichern fnis χαχανητό reír disimuladamente itsitus پوزخند hihitys ricanement צְחוֹק עַצוּר ठीठी prigušeno hihotanje, smijuljenje kuncogás tawa hæðnisfliss risatina くすくす笑い 킬킬 웃음 kikenimas ķiķināšana mentertawakan gegniffel fnis chichot, rechot پټ خندل، په نيمه خوله خندل: پټه خوله خند risinho rânjet хихиканье chichotanie hihitanje smejuljenje fnissande, flin การหัวเราะคิกคัก bıyık altından gülme 竊笑 хихотіння, придушений смішок دبی دبی ہنسی sự cười thầm, cái cười khẩy 窃笑
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snigger

→ يَضْحَكُ ضَحِكاً نِصْفِ مَكْبُوت smát se fnise kichern χαχανίζω reírse por lo bajo tirskua ricaner cerekati se ridacchiare にやにや笑う 킬킬 웃다 gniffelen fnise zachichotać rir à socapa , rir com dissimulação хихикать flina หัวเราะเยาะ kıs kıs gülmek cười thầm 窃笑
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At most you sniggered at the hypocrite or the fool: the characters expressed themselves in cruel words that seemed wrung out of their hearts by shame and anguish.
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You don't expect a man to break off in the middle of a line, and snigger, and say, it's very funny, but he's blest if he can think of the rest of it, and then try and make it up for himself, and, afterwards, suddenly recollect it, when he has got to an entirely different part of the song, and break off, without a word of warning, to go back and let you have it then and there.
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With despair I pictured to myself how coldly and disdainfully that "scoundrel" Zverkov would meet me; with what dull-witted, invincible contempt the blockhead Trudolyubov would look at me; with what impudent rudeness the insect Ferfitchkin would snigger at me in order to curry favour with Zverkov; how completely Simonov would take it all in, and how he would despise me for the abjectness of my vanity and lack of spirit--and, worst of all, how paltry, unliterary, commonplace it would all be.
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"Oh," he sniggered, "I don't mind telling you about the chandelier!
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