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- Dictionarysnicker/ˈsnɪkə/
verb
- 1. give a half-suppressed, typically scornful laugh; snigger: "he could imagine them snickering as he passed"
noun
- 1. a half-suppressed, typically scornful laugh; a snigger: "he could not evoke a snicker with his jokes"
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noun. : an act or sound of snickering. Synonyms. Verb. laugh. smile. sneer. snigger. Noun. belly laugh.
SNICKER definition: 1. to laugh at someone or something in a silly and often unkind way: 2. the act of laughing at…. Learn more.
To snicker is to laugh in a mean or disrespectful way, often expressing superiority. We might snicker at a bully who walks directly into a closed door. You can also use this word's near-synonym, snigger, to describe a short snort of a laugh or a scornful sound.
If you snicker, you laugh quietly in a disrespectful way, for example at something rude or embarrassing.
Define snicker. snicker synonyms, snicker pronunciation, snicker translation, English dictionary definition of snicker. intr.v. snick·ered , snick·er·ing , snick·ers To utter a partly stifled laugh: "I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker" .
Snicker definition: to laugh in a half-suppressed, indecorous or disrespectful manner.. See examples of SNICKER used in a sentence.
Noun. Filter. verb. snickered, snickering, snickers. To laugh in a sly or derisive, partly stifled manner. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To utter with a snicker. Webster's New World. To neigh; nicker. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. (intransitive) To emit a snicker: a stifled or broken laugh. Wiktionary. Synonyms: snigger.
the act of laughing at someone or something in a silly and often unkind way: She barely stifled a snicker. His clothes prompted snickers and taunts from neighborhood boys. Synonym. snigger mainly UK. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
snicker (at somebody/something) to laugh in a quiet unpleasant way, especially at something rude or at somebody’s problems or mistakes synonym titter Although his friends snickered, they were still impressed.
SNICKER definition: to laugh quietly in a rude way. Learn more.
