单词 | snirt |
释义 | snirtn. Chiefly northern dialect and Scottish. A suppressed laugh; a snicker. ΘΚΠ 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. 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). < n.1781v.1724 |
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