单词 | sniggering |
释义 | sniggeringn. The action of the verb; half-suppressed laughter. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > [noun] > sniggering snickering1775 sniggering1775 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Sniggering,..a silly kind of laugh. 1779 F. Burney Let. 12 Oct. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 383 I..had been obliged to turn my Head another way that my sniggering might not sooner make him see his mistake. 1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 373 Snigger, Sniggeren, exulting, boasting, jeering. 1865 Sat. Rev. 4 Mar. 245 The sniggering of everybody around one over indecorous inuendos. 1876 E. A. Freeman in W. R. W. Stephens Life & Lett. E. A. Freeman (1895) II. viii. 144 The sniggering only shows what a move it was. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2019). sniggeringadj. 1. Of the nature of, accompanied or characterized by, a snigger or sniggers. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > [adjective] > sniggering > of laughter or voice sniggering1793 1793 J. Beresford in W. Roberts Looker-on No. 51. 405 Hip here, jade, and bring with thee Jokes, and sniggering jollity. 1876 World 5 21 The writer's innuendoes and sniggering asides..are coarse and disgusting. 1882 W. Besant All Sorts of Men I. iv. 118 You saw his sniggerin', sneerin' way with me. 2. That sniggers; snickering. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > [adjective] > sniggering sniggering1815 sniggling1826 snickering1872 1815 Sporting Mag. 46 68 No doubt there is plenty of gaping and sniggering fools who will say [etc.]. 1860 C. Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 5 May 87/1 The aunt and nephew in this City church are much disturbed by the sniggering boys. 1887 H. Caine Deemster I. x. 225 He had almost lifted his hand to fell the sniggering waistrel. Derivatives ˈsniggeringly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > [adverb] > sniggering snickeringly1885 sniggeringly1886 1886 J. K. Jerome Idle Thoughts 111 Glancing round with an imbecile smile, you sniggeringly observe that [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1775adj.1793 |
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