snicker

  • 11snicker — 1. noun /ˈsnɪk.ə(ɹ),ˈsnɪkɚ/ A stifled or broken laugh 2. verb /ˈsnɪk.ə(ɹ),ˈsnɪkɚ/ To emit a snicker stifled or broken laugh …

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  • 12snicker — verb (I) AmE to laugh quietly, and often unkindly, at something which is not supposed to be funny; snigger BrE snicker noun (C) …

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  • 13snicker — 1. verb they all snickered at her Syn: giggle, titter, snigger, chortle, simper, laugh 2. noun he could not suppress a snicker Syn: giggle, titter, snigger, chortle, simper …

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  • 14snicker — snick•er [[t]ˈsnɪk ər[/t]] v. i. 1) to laugh in a half suppressed, indecorous or disrespectful manner 2) to utter with a snicker 3) a snickering laugh • Etymology: 1685–95; of expressive orig. snick′er•ing•ly, adv …

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  • 15snicker/snigger/sniggle — [v] laugh at mockingly chortle, chuckle, giggle, guffaw, hee haw, smirk, sneer, teehee, titter; concept 77 …

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  • 16snicker-snack — /snikˈər snakˈ/ noun A word coined by Lewis Carroll to evoke the sound of a slicing blade ORIGIN: Imit; also cf ↑snickersnee …

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  • 17Snicker's Gap Turnpike — Infobox road state=VA type=secondary route=734 alternate name=Snickersville Turnpike length mi=15.00 length ref=PDFlink| [http://www.virginiadot.org/info/resources/AADT 053 Loudoun 2005.pdf 2005 Virginia Department of Transportation Jurisdiction… …

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  • 18snicker — I. intransitive verb (snickered; snickering) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1694 to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner ; titter • snickerer noun • snickery adjective II. noun …

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  • 19snicker — Synonyms and related words: Homeric laughter, be in stitches, belly laugh, boff, boffola, break up, burst into laughter, burst of laughter, burst out, burst out laughing, burst with laughter, bust a gut, cachinnate, cachinnation, cackle, chortle …

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  • 20snicker at — Synonyms and related words: deride, grin at, hold in derision, laugh at, laugh to scorn, make fun of, make game of, make merry with, pan, pillory, point at, poke fun at, put one on, rag, razz, ride, ridicule, roast, smile at, snigger at …

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