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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
US variant of the British snigger, possibly of onomatopoeic origin, similar to Dutch snikken (“to gasp; sob”). The noun is first recorded 1836, from the verb. Compare also Scottish smicker (“to smile or laugh in a sniggering or leery way, smirk”). More at smicker.
Noun
snicker (plural snickers)
- A stifled or broken laugh.
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Verb
snicker (third-person singular simple present snickers, present participle snickering, simple past and past participle snickered)
- (intransitive) To emit a snicker, a stifled or broken laugh.
1915 June, T S Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, in Prufrock and Other Observations, London: The Egoist , published 1917, →OCLC, page 13:I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, / And in short, I was afraid.
- (transitive) To utter through a laugh of this kind.
- (of a horse) To whinny.
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Etymology 2
From snick + -er.
Noun
snicker (plural snickers)
- (cricket, rare) A player who snicks the ball.
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