snigger
pronunciation
How to pronounce snigger in British English:
UK [ˈsnɪgə(r)]
How to pronounce snigger in American English:
US [ˈsnɪɡɚ]
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- Noun:
- a disrespectful laugh
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- Verb:
- laugh quietly
Word Origin
- snigger (v.)
- 1706, variant form of snicker (v.). Related: Sniggered; sniggering. As a noun from 1823.
Example
- 1. He said smugly , with a cruel snigger .
- 2. Israeli officials refer to it with a snigger as " putting the palestinians on a diet " .
- 3. The tourists snigger at the local s outdated ways and dress .
- 4. Europeans may snigger at the bizarre mess those crazy californians have voted themselves into .
- 5. Whenever the believers burn incense and kowtow when the mice looked at it an intoxicating smoke slowly rose , the heart snigger : " ridiculous human beings , the knee is such a soft , kneeling on his knees that had ! "