snicker
/ˈsnɪkə
/verb [no object]
1Give a smothered or half-suppressed laugh; snigger: he could imagine them snickering as he passed she is a woman they all love to snicker at...
- For a good five minutes, we laughed, snickered, giggled, and chuckled our tension away.
- And, I snickered, laughed internally, and asked some veiled questions about his movie.
- They laughed and snickered with their yellow eyes glowing in the dark.
Synonyms
snigger, sneer, smirk, simper;
titter, giggle, chortle
1.1(Of a horse) whinny: the horse flicked its ears and snickered with pleasure...
- Her snout split into an ear to ear grin and she snickered at him.
noun
1A smothered laugh; a snigger: he could not evoke a snicker with his jokes...
- There were a few snickers as kids laughed at what everyone thought was a joke.
- Everyone tried not to laugh but the snickers were there.
- There was some scattered snickers and laughing around the room.
Synonyms
snigger, sneer, smirk, simper;
titter, giggle, chortle
1.1A whinny.
Derivatives
snickeringly
- He is obsessed with what kids snickeringly refer to as ‘potty humor,’ and his movies reek of it.
- The profession that has been snickeringly compared to assorted plagues, now seems to be the target of one.
- She patiently and interestedly (if somewhat snickeringly) listens to Mark Twain's theorizing.
Origin
Late 17th century: imitative.
Rhymes
- student power
- studentry
- studentship
- student's lamp
- Student's t-test
- students' union
- student teacher
- student-teachership
- student teaching
- student union
- student visa
- studenty
- student–teacher
- studerite
- stud horse
- stud-horse poker
- studiable
- studied
- studiedly
- studiedness
- studier
- studify
- studio
- studio album
- studio apartment