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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
snicker
verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Everyone around Tony snickered, and Miss McFawn looked at him.
▪ He knew they snickered behind his back, but he believed that they would eventually accept him as one of their own.
▪ Lufkin looked pleased at the snickering audience.
▪ Most of the boys and girls snicker at the topic.
▪ One of the other caddies snickered.
▪ Over the shouts of the soldiers, we filed out, snickering.
▪ Then he snickered and walked away.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Snicker

Snicker \Snick"er\, n. A half suppressed, broken laugh. [Written also snigger.]

Snicker

Snicker \Snick"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Snickered; p. pr. & vb. n. Snickering.] [Cf. D. snikken to sob, to sigh.]

  1. To laugh slyly; to laugh in one's sleeve.

  2. To laugh with audible catches of voice, as when persons attempt to suppress loud laughter.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
snicker

"laugh in a half-suppressed way," 1690s, possibly of imitative origin, similar to Dutch snikken "to gasp, sob." Related: Snickered; snickering.

snicker

"a smothered laugh," 1835, from snicker (v.).

Wiktionary
snicker

n. A stifled or broken laugh vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To emit a snicker: a stifled or broken laugh. 2 (context of a horse English) To whinny.

WordNet
snicker

n. a disrespectful laugh [syn: snort, snigger]

snicker

v. laugh quietly [syn: snigger]

Usage examples of "snicker".

I had five boxes of Fiddle Faddle, two bags of Double-Stuff Oreo cookies, a ten-pack of Snickers bars, two bags of Fritos and one of Doritos, seven Gogurts in a variety of flavors, one bag of Chips Ahoy chocolate chip cookies, a box of Count Chocula, a two-pound bag of Skittles, and a six-pack of Yoo-Hoo locked in my room.

The subofficers sitting to either side of him snickered but the biped did not react.

The manager wore a greasy boater and snickered through an overbite stained from cigarettes and tea.

Cawker for his heroic defence and determined stand against tremendous odds, and the three magnates present of Silver Shield had begun with much unction to talk of reward and appreciation, and very probably Cawker felt both heroic and deserving, and quite ready to accept all credit and pay, but there were too many witnesses, too many wise men, too many suggestive smiles and snickers and audible remarks, and Cawker had sense to see and then to rise manfully to the occasion.

Halfway snickered on bourbon and beer, dressed in a House nightie with a wig to make me look like a gomer, I lay on the bottom bunk while the Runt babbled about pubescence and hooked me up to a cardiac monitor.

Waiting for the snicker of the signal that would tell him Jenkins was calling to report on Joe.

She tried not to snicker, but the light in Kyles eyes made it difficult.

I should lay off those Snicker bars, those liverwurst sandwiches with gobs of mayonnaise and those Goddamned caramel sundaes.

Orr snickered with a slight, mucid sibilance and turned back to his work, squatting.

But then Rafar heard a very inappropriate snicker coming from behind Brummel, and he saw a familiar face laughing him to scorn.

Left-handed, he took a cigarette from a pack in his shirt pocket, lit it, snapping the wood match he had used in half, then snickered, shaking his head in amusement as he walked over to the counter and smiled strangely down at Rambo on the stool.

Beth had herded Toby and Sooly into the den with a matchmaking obviousness which made Sooly snicker.

Oil Spill Way and Unleaded Lane, Bill and his best friend, Dwight Slade, snickered.

He scowled at her, but when Shahi began to snicker, he handed the sword to Jahan and awkwardly took the squirming bundle.

Costin stood in his stirrups and spouted a lie to the man-at-arms who guarded the gate--a lewd tale, one which the obliging sentry greeted with a snicker.