Definition of snigger in English:

snigger

verb ˈsnɪɡəˈsnɪɡər

[no object]British

Laugh in a half-suppressed, typically scornful way.
the boys at school were sure to snigger at him behind his back
with direct speech ‘Doesn't he look a fool?’ they sniggered
Example sentencesExamples
- He began to laugh, and some of the henchmen sniggered too.
- I sniggered again, but didn't comment.
- The three of them smiled and gave each other knowing glances, sniggering quietly.
- A group of oriental fisherman passed behind him, sniggered, and disappeared into duty free bazaar run by an Indian who could manage a few words of Russian when he had to.
- His friends sniggered with disbelief when he said was no longer using any drugs at all.
- I looked above them to see everyone else that was in the library sneering and sniggering at me.
- Felicity took one look at old Mrs. Briney and burst out laughing, sniggering and pointing at her.
- Kenny sniggered softly, but Jason shot his younger brother an annoyed look.
- She sniggered softly, as if she'd never heard anything more ridiculous in her life.
- I heard the class snigger as I buried my head under my arms.
- I was still sniggering quietly when something slimy hit me in the head.
- Sabrina's three friends sniggered and Sabrina stuck her tongue out.
- To his left, he saw and heard the two youngest of his team snigger, but a steely glare wiped the smug look from their faces.
- Everyone sniggered behind his back for his lack of personality.
- They smiled to his face, shook his hand, acted impressed, wished him well, and went away sniggering behind his back.
- A few people sniggered and he smirked, balancing his blazer on the other arm, fully aware of his authority.
- So I turned around to see all of Conners friends pointing and sniggering at me.
- The assembled news pack sniggered quietly as the school ma'am got her just deserts.
- She sniggered and the rest of them laughed along.
- He lifted his shirt to show his muscles and later in the programme, sniggered that this was the ‘best health club’ around.
Synonyms
give a suppressed laugh, snicker, sneer, smirk, simper
titter, giggle, chortle

noun ˈsnɪɡəˈsnɪɡər

British

A half-suppressed, typically scornful laugh.
we heard the sniggers caused by their little jokes
Example sentencesExamples
- I hear the beginning of a snigger in the back of the classroom.
- But because of our sniggers and our sneers, we overlooked two rather surprising corollaries to this glamour business.
- If anyone speaks to them, they look sideways at one another and stifle their sniggers.
- It's played for laughs, or should that be sniggers?
- This version is puerile, including jokes that could hardly have raised a snigger when first heard and turns of speech abandoned for over a generation.
- When I announced at training that my car had been stolen, there were a few sniggers.
- We started to laugh again, muffling our sniggers with our mittened hands.
- There were a few sniggers from the back, which soon became open laughter.
- I woke up to the sound of stifled sniggers.
- A couple of women get self-conscious about the terrible silence and attempt to fill it with nervous sniggers.
- But unlike in ordinary life, their tales of downfall are not treated with sniggers; they're treated with awe, a certain kind of humility, and sympathy and understanding.
- The other girls on the team just stare at me, while I hear a deep snigger somewhere in the background.
- I fought to keep from rolling my eyes, and I felt Gabriel stifle a snigger next to me.
- Their sniggers and smirks would come to a halt when they would then discover that their hands were empty.
- There were sniggers and giggles all around the room and then everyone started talking.
- Having been a dedicated smoker for many years now, I was headed downstairs for a cigarette, when I heard quiet sniggers in the stairwell.
- Even if it does all end in sniggers, at least you can say you weren't afraid to try.
- You can imagine the silence, broken perhaps by a stifled snigger, that met that suggestion.
- There were a few sniggers but it just sounded as though we were crying.
- There was a shocked silence followed by a few sniggers from the commentary box.
Synonyms
suppressed laugh, snicker, sneer, smirk, simper
titter, giggle, chortle

Derivatives

sniggerer

noun

I'll have you sniggerers know that as well as being a churchgoer, this chap was a very good rugby player.
Example sentencesExamples
- We are great spontaneous sniggerers and we can do it in unison without any prompting from one another.
- A knowing snigger normally followed, but the sniggerers never acknowledged the fundamentally undemocratic assumption underpinning this kind of argument.
- A snorter is a snob expressing their disapproval, while a sniggerer is insensitive, unsympathetic and immature.
- Perhaps it starts with you screaming about finding your reading glasses only to be sniggeringly told by your resident sniggerer that they are perched on top of your head.

sniggeringly

adverbˈsnɪɡərɪŋliˈsnɪɡərɪŋli

The narratorial presence sniggeringly indicates that the reader might be allowed to rewrite and reformulate the poem.
Example sentencesExamples
- Those involved in racketeering, corruption and bribery should not be lionised, praised or sniggeringly regarded.
- The vision of sexuality is sniggeringly salacious, redolent with fantasies of male power and female submission.

Origin

Early 18th century: later variant of snicker.

Rhymes

chigger, configure, figure, Frigga, jigger, ligger, rigger, rigor, rigour, swigger, transfigure, trigger, vigour (US vigor)

Definition of snigger in US English:

snigger

verbˈsniɡərˈsnɪɡər

[no object]

Laugh in a half-suppressed, typically scornful way.
the boys at school were sure to snigger at him behind his back
with direct speech “Doesn't he look like a fool?” they sniggered
Example sentencesExamples
- To his left, he saw and heard the two youngest of his team snigger, but a steely glare wiped the smug look from their faces.
- He lifted his shirt to show his muscles and later in the programme, sniggered that this was the ‘best health club’ around.
- I was still sniggering quietly when something slimy hit me in the head.
- Kenny sniggered softly, but Jason shot his younger brother an annoyed look.
- I looked above them to see everyone else that was in the library sneering and sniggering at me.
- A few people sniggered and he smirked, balancing his blazer on the other arm, fully aware of his authority.
- The three of them smiled and gave each other knowing glances, sniggering quietly.
- So I turned around to see all of Conners friends pointing and sniggering at me.
- They smiled to his face, shook his hand, acted impressed, wished him well, and went away sniggering behind his back.
- His friends sniggered with disbelief when he said was no longer using any drugs at all.
- She sniggered and the rest of them laughed along.
- The assembled news pack sniggered quietly as the school ma'am got her just deserts.
- A group of oriental fisherman passed behind him, sniggered, and disappeared into duty free bazaar run by an Indian who could manage a few words of Russian when he had to.
- She sniggered softly, as if she'd never heard anything more ridiculous in her life.
- Everyone sniggered behind his back for his lack of personality.
- I sniggered again, but didn't comment.
- I heard the class snigger as I buried my head under my arms.
- Felicity took one look at old Mrs. Briney and burst out laughing, sniggering and pointing at her.
- He began to laugh, and some of the henchmen sniggered too.
- Sabrina's three friends sniggered and Sabrina stuck her tongue out.
Synonyms
give a suppressed laugh, snicker, sneer, smirk, simper

nounˈsniɡərˈsnɪɡər

A half-suppressed, typically scornful laugh.
Example sentencesExamples
- But because of our sniggers and our sneers, we overlooked two rather surprising corollaries to this glamour business.
- A couple of women get self-conscious about the terrible silence and attempt to fill it with nervous sniggers.
- Having been a dedicated smoker for many years now, I was headed downstairs for a cigarette, when I heard quiet sniggers in the stairwell.
- If anyone speaks to them, they look sideways at one another and stifle their sniggers.
- This version is puerile, including jokes that could hardly have raised a snigger when first heard and turns of speech abandoned for over a generation.
- Their sniggers and smirks would come to a halt when they would then discover that their hands were empty.
- There were a few sniggers but it just sounded as though we were crying.
- But unlike in ordinary life, their tales of downfall are not treated with sniggers; they're treated with awe, a certain kind of humility, and sympathy and understanding.
- There was a shocked silence followed by a few sniggers from the commentary box.
- Even if it does all end in sniggers, at least you can say you weren't afraid to try.
- There were sniggers and giggles all around the room and then everyone started talking.
- There were a few sniggers from the back, which soon became open laughter.
- I hear the beginning of a snigger in the back of the classroom.
- You can imagine the silence, broken perhaps by a stifled snigger, that met that suggestion.
- We started to laugh again, muffling our sniggers with our mittened hands.
- It's played for laughs, or should that be sniggers?
- I fought to keep from rolling my eyes, and I felt Gabriel stifle a snigger next to me.
- I woke up to the sound of stifled sniggers.
- When I announced at training that my car had been stolen, there were a few sniggers.
- The other girls on the team just stare at me, while I hear a deep snigger somewhere in the background.
Synonyms
suppressed laugh, snicker, sneer, smirk, simper

Origin

Early 18th century: later variant of snicker.

单词	snigger
释义	Definition of snigger in English: snigger verb ˈsnɪɡəˈsnɪɡər [no object]British Laugh in a half-suppressed, typically scornful way. the boys at school were sure to snigger at him behind his back with direct speech ‘Doesn't he look a fool?’ they sniggered Example sentencesExamples He began to laugh, and some of the henchmen sniggered too. I sniggered again, but didn't comment. The three of them smiled and gave each other knowing glances, sniggering quietly. A group of oriental fisherman passed behind him, sniggered, and disappeared into duty free bazaar run by an Indian who could manage a few words of Russian when he had to. His friends sniggered with disbelief when he said was no longer using any drugs at all. I looked above them to see everyone else that was in the library sneering and sniggering at me. Felicity took one look at old Mrs. Briney and burst out laughing, sniggering and pointing at her. Kenny sniggered softly, but Jason shot his younger brother an annoyed look. She sniggered softly, as if she'd never heard anything more ridiculous in her life. I heard the class snigger as I buried my head under my arms. I was still sniggering quietly when something slimy hit me in the head. Sabrina's three friends sniggered and Sabrina stuck her tongue out. To his left, he saw and heard the two youngest of his team snigger, but a steely glare wiped the smug look from their faces. Everyone sniggered behind his back for his lack of personality. They smiled to his face, shook his hand, acted impressed, wished him well, and went away sniggering behind his back. A few people sniggered and he smirked, balancing his blazer on the other arm, fully aware of his authority. So I turned around to see all of Conners friends pointing and sniggering at me. The assembled news pack sniggered quietly as the school ma'am got her just deserts. She sniggered and the rest of them laughed along. He lifted his shirt to show his muscles and later in the programme, sniggered that this was the ‘best health club’ around. Synonyms give a suppressed laugh, snicker, sneer, smirk, simper titter, giggle, chortle noun ˈsnɪɡəˈsnɪɡər British A half-suppressed, typically scornful laugh. we heard the sniggers caused by their little jokes Example sentencesExamples I hear the beginning of a snigger in the back of the classroom. But because of our sniggers and our sneers, we overlooked two rather surprising corollaries to this glamour business. If anyone speaks to them, they look sideways at one another and stifle their sniggers. It's played for laughs, or should that be sniggers? This version is puerile, including jokes that could hardly have raised a snigger when first heard and turns of speech abandoned for over a generation. When I announced at training that my car had been stolen, there were a few sniggers. We started to laugh again, muffling our sniggers with our mittened hands. There were a few sniggers from the back, which soon became open laughter. I woke up to the sound of stifled sniggers. A couple of women get self-conscious about the terrible silence and attempt to fill it with nervous sniggers. But unlike in ordinary life, their tales of downfall are not treated with sniggers; they're treated with awe, a certain kind of humility, and sympathy and understanding. The other girls on the team just stare at me, while I hear a deep snigger somewhere in the background. I fought to keep from rolling my eyes, and I felt Gabriel stifle a snigger next to me. Their sniggers and smirks would come to a halt when they would then discover that their hands were empty. There were sniggers and giggles all around the room and then everyone started talking. Having been a dedicated smoker for many years now, I was headed downstairs for a cigarette, when I heard quiet sniggers in the stairwell. Even if it does all end in sniggers, at least you can say you weren't afraid to try. You can imagine the silence, broken perhaps by a stifled snigger, that met that suggestion. There were a few sniggers but it just sounded as though we were crying. There was a shocked silence followed by a few sniggers from the commentary box. Synonyms suppressed laugh, snicker, sneer, smirk, simper titter, giggle, chortle Derivatives sniggerer noun I'll have you sniggerers know that as well as being a churchgoer, this chap was a very good rugby player. Example sentencesExamples We are great spontaneous sniggerers and we can do it in unison without any prompting from one another. A knowing snigger normally followed, but the sniggerers never acknowledged the fundamentally undemocratic assumption underpinning this kind of argument. A snorter is a snob expressing their disapproval, while a sniggerer is insensitive, unsympathetic and immature. Perhaps it starts with you screaming about finding your reading glasses only to be sniggeringly told by your resident sniggerer that they are perched on top of your head. sniggeringly adverbˈsnɪɡərɪŋliˈsnɪɡərɪŋli The narratorial presence sniggeringly indicates that the reader might be allowed to rewrite and reformulate the poem. Example sentencesExamples Those involved in racketeering, corruption and bribery should not be lionised, praised or sniggeringly regarded. The vision of sexuality is sniggeringly salacious, redolent with fantasies of male power and female submission. Origin Early 18th century: later variant of snicker. Rhymes chigger, configure, figure, Frigga, jigger, ligger, rigger, rigor, rigour, swigger, transfigure, trigger, vigour (US vigor) Definition of snigger in US English: snigger verbˈsniɡərˈsnɪɡər [no object] Laugh in a half-suppressed, typically scornful way. the boys at school were sure to snigger at him behind his back with direct speech “Doesn't he look like a fool?” they sniggered Example sentencesExamples To his left, he saw and heard the two youngest of his team snigger, but a steely glare wiped the smug look from their faces. He lifted his shirt to show his muscles and later in the programme, sniggered that this was the ‘best health club’ around. I was still sniggering quietly when something slimy hit me in the head. Kenny sniggered softly, but Jason shot his younger brother an annoyed look. I looked above them to see everyone else that was in the library sneering and sniggering at me. A few people sniggered and he smirked, balancing his blazer on the other arm, fully aware of his authority. The three of them smiled and gave each other knowing glances, sniggering quietly. So I turned around to see all of Conners friends pointing and sniggering at me. They smiled to his face, shook his hand, acted impressed, wished him well, and went away sniggering behind his back. His friends sniggered with disbelief when he said was no longer using any drugs at all. She sniggered and the rest of them laughed along. The assembled news pack sniggered quietly as the school ma'am got her just deserts. A group of oriental fisherman passed behind him, sniggered, and disappeared into duty free bazaar run by an Indian who could manage a few words of Russian when he had to. She sniggered softly, as if she'd never heard anything more ridiculous in her life. Everyone sniggered behind his back for his lack of personality. I sniggered again, but didn't comment. I heard the class snigger as I buried my head under my arms. Felicity took one look at old Mrs. Briney and burst out laughing, sniggering and pointing at her. He began to laugh, and some of the henchmen sniggered too. Sabrina's three friends sniggered and Sabrina stuck her tongue out. Synonyms give a suppressed laugh, snicker, sneer, smirk, simper nounˈsniɡərˈsnɪɡər A half-suppressed, typically scornful laugh. Example sentencesExamples But because of our sniggers and our sneers, we overlooked two rather surprising corollaries to this glamour business. A couple of women get self-conscious about the terrible silence and attempt to fill it with nervous sniggers. Having been a dedicated smoker for many years now, I was headed downstairs for a cigarette, when I heard quiet sniggers in the stairwell. If anyone speaks to them, they look sideways at one another and stifle their sniggers. This version is puerile, including jokes that could hardly have raised a snigger when first heard and turns of speech abandoned for over a generation. Their sniggers and smirks would come to a halt when they would then discover that their hands were empty. There were a few sniggers but it just sounded as though we were crying. But unlike in ordinary life, their tales of downfall are not treated with sniggers; they're treated with awe, a certain kind of humility, and sympathy and understanding. There was a shocked silence followed by a few sniggers from the commentary box. Even if it does all end in sniggers, at least you can say you weren't afraid to try. There were sniggers and giggles all around the room and then everyone started talking. There were a few sniggers from the back, which soon became open laughter. I hear the beginning of a snigger in the back of the classroom. You can imagine the silence, broken perhaps by a stifled snigger, that met that suggestion. We started to laugh again, muffling our sniggers with our mittened hands. It's played for laughs, or should that be sniggers? I fought to keep from rolling my eyes, and I felt Gabriel stifle a snigger next to me. I woke up to the sound of stifled sniggers. When I announced at training that my car had been stolen, there were a few sniggers. The other girls on the team just stare at me, while I hear a deep snigger somewhere in the background. Synonyms suppressed laugh, snicker, sneer, smirk, simper Origin Early 18th century: later variant of snicker.
随便看	crankpin cranks crankset crankshaft crankshafts crank-sided crank something out crank something out crank something up crank something up crank sth out crank sth up crankum crank up cranky Cranmer, Thomas crannachan crannied crannied crannies crannog crannogs cranny crans Cranston