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Snickered

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.

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snickered

vb. (en-past of: snicker)

Usage examples of "snickered".

He snickered now when he considered all that he had told the foolish little halfling, for Junger had indeed once feasted on the meat of humans, and even on a halfling once.

She snickered, tried not to, gave up, and began laughing so hard she could barely hold on to the next slippery shrimp, much less pull it whole from its shell.

Regis snickered, knowing what the big man had seen, and Drizzt and Bruenor soon understood.

Catti-brie didn't bother to look away, she just snickered and shook her head.

The patrons there would have only snickered and poked each other at seeing the handcuffs.

Jay snickered as she unwrapped his silverware and arranged everything on the tray as he was accustomed to finding it.

Everyone on the ranch knew it and had snickered about it, joking that the Major's high-nosed lady must have near frozen him to death, and Angelina had had to thaw him out.

He snickered at the thought of having to kick another cowhand out of her room.

She snickered to herself as she took an ink pen from the bottom of Roanna's purse and scribbled the numbers on her palm.

Corliss snickered, but her mirth died when she remembered the threats Webb had made.

The Fiat rapidly fell behind, and Swain snickered as he imagined them all pedaling frantically, knees working up and down.

Tsui snickered, hanging white-knuckled onto the sides of the stretcher as it rose up another step.

Doc Daneeka snickered once and was soon immersed in problems of his own, which included Chief White Halfoat, who had been challenging him all that morning to Indian wrestle, and Yossarian, who decided right then and there to go crazy.

He rubbed his forehead harshly with his knuckles, like a man in an alcoholic stupor, and snickered lewdly.

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