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单词 snirt
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snirtn.

Brit. /snəːt/, U.S. /snərt/, Scottish English /snɪrt/
Forms: Also 1700s–1800s snert.
Etymology: < snirt v.
Chiefly northern dialect and Scottish.
A suppressed laugh; a snicker.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > [noun] > sniggering > instance of
snirt1781
nichera1791
nickera1791
snigger1823
snitter1825
snicker1836
sniggle1852
squirk1882
squiggle1898
1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. 96 Snert, an ineffectual effort to stifle a laugh.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) Snirt, a suppressed laugh, issuing with a snorting noise from the nostrils.
1828– in north. dial. glossaries, etc. (see also Eng. Dial. Dict. ).
1899 H. Caine Shadow of Crime xxiv ‘Saucer een,’ said Mrs. Garth with a snirt.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

snirtv.

Brit. /snəːt/, U.S. /snərt/, Scottish English /snɪrt/
Forms: Also 1700s–1800s snert.
Etymology: Imitative: compare snurt v.
northern dialect and Scottish.
intransitive. To laugh in a suppressed manner; to snicker.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > laugh in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > snigger
neicherc1550
whickera1656
snicker1694
nichera1700
snigger1706
snirt1724
snirtle?a1786
sniggle1815
snitter1825
nicker1827
1724 A. Ramsay in Ever Green (1761) II. 15 Now let hir snirt, and fyk her fill.
1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 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.
1871 W. Black Daughter of Heth I. x. 160 The Whaup grew very red in the face, and ‘snirted’ with laughter.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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