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snicker

UK/ˈsnɪk.ə(ɹ)/US/ˈsnɪkɚ/

snicker noun: a stifled or broken laugh.

Noun (1)

snicker (plural snickers)

  1. A stifled or broken laugh.

Verb

snicker (third-person singular simple present snickers, present participle snickering, simple past and past participle snickered)

  1. (intransitive) To emit a snicker, a stifled or broken laugh.
    • I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, / And in short, I was afraid.1915 June, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, in Prufrock and Other Observations, London: The Egoist […], published 1917, →OCLC, page 13
  2. (transitive) To utter through a laugh of this kind.
  3. To whinny.

Noun (2)

snicker (plural snickers)

  1. (rare) A player who snicks the ball.

snicker meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

snicker in Tamil

கொக்கரிப்பு

snicker in Urdu

منہ دبا کر ہنسنا

snicker in Bengali

চাপা হাসি, উপহাস করা

snicker in Malayalam

snigger, titter, giggle
അമർത്തിച്ചിരിക്കുക, അടക്കിച്ചിരിക്കുക, കുലുങ്ങിച്ചിരിക്കുക, കിലുകിലെചിരിക്കുക, ഉള്ളിൽചിരിക്കുക, വിങ്ങിച്ചിരിക്കുക
titter, snigger, giggle
അമർത്തിച്ചിരി, അടക്കിയ ചിരി, കുലുങ്ങിച്ചിരി, പൊള്ളച്ചിരി, പൊട്ടിച്ചിരി, പ്രഹ്ലാദം
More languagesFewer languages
snicker in Kannada
ಅಣಕದ ನಗು, ಗೇಲಿನಗು
snicker in Tagalog
hagikgik, humagikgik

Examples of snicker in a sentence

  • I was watching all the electricians and stagemen to see if they were snickering at them.
  • It's Leaky." One of the orderlies snickered and I shrugged with a wry smile.
  • “But here are two snickers, just for you,” and here I clicked my tongue disapprovingly—twice.

All 14 example sentences with snicker

Forms of snicker

Noun
pluralsnickers
alternative formsnigger
Verb
third-person singular presentsnickers
present participlesnickering
past participlesnickered
pastsnickered

Origin of snicker

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.

From snick + -er.

Words formed from snicker

Phrases with snicker

Words that rhyme with snicker

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Questions about snicker

What does snicker mean?
Snicker means a stifled or broken laugh.
What is snicker in Tamil?
Snicker in Tamil is கொக்கரிப்பு. See Snicker meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is snicker?
Snicker can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce snicker?
Snicker is pronounced /ˈsnɪk.ə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of snicker?
The plural of snicker is snickers.

Words near snicker in the dictionary

  1. snicked or sneed
  2. snickelfritz
  3. snickelfritzes
  4. snickelway
  5. snickelways
  6. snicker
  7. snicker licker
  8. snicker lickers
  9. snicker-snack
  10. snickerdoodle
  11. snickerdoodles

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: snicker (page history and authors); snicker (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); snicker (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); snicker (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); snicker (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); snicker (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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