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snickering

snickering is the present participle and gerund of snicker.

Meaning of snicker

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.

See all 5 meanings of snicker

Noun

snickering (plural snickerings)

  1. The act of one who snickers.

Forms of snickering

pluralsnickerings

Questions about snickering

What does snickering mean?
Snickering means the act of one who snickers.
What is snickering the present participle and gerund of?
Snickering is the present participle and gerund of snicker.
What part of speech is snickering?
Snickering is a noun.
What is the plural of snickering?
The plural of snickering is snickerings.

Words near snickering in the dictionary

  1. snickerdoodle
  2. snickerdoodles
  3. snickered
  4. snickerer
  5. snickerers
  6. snickering
  7. snickeringly
  8. snickerings
  9. snickers
  10. Snickers pie
  11. Snickers pies

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