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▪ I. snirt, n. Chiefly north. dial. and Sc.|snɜːt|
Also 8–9 snert.
[f. next.]
A suppressed laugh; a snicker.
1781J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. 96 Snert, an ineffectual effort to stifle a laugh. 1825in Jamieson Suppl. 1828–in north. dial. glossaries, etc. (see also Eng. Dial. Dict.). 1899Hall Caine Shadow of Crime xxiv, ‘Saucer een,’ said Mrs. Garth with a snirt.
▪ II. snirt, v. north. dial. and Sc.|snɜːt|
Also 8–9 snert.
[Imitative: cf. snurt v.]
intr. To laugh in a suppressed manner; to snicker.
1724Ramsay in Evergreen (1761) II. 15 Now let hir snirt, and fyk her fill. 1791J. Learmont Poems 2 They gang by ye wi' sic a huff, An' pridfu' caper, snirt, an' snuff, As gif Death ne'er meant them a cuff. 1829–in north. dial. glossaries. 1871Black Daughter of Heth (1872) 94 The Whaup grew very red in the face and ‘snirted’ with laughter. |