snigger
/ˈsnɪɡə(ɹ)/US/ˈsnɪɡɚ/
snigger noun: a partly suppressed or broken laugh.
Noun
snigger (plural sniggers)
Verb
snigger (third-person singular simple present sniggers, present participle sniggering, simple past and past participle sniggered)
- To emit a snigger.
- […]presently the Mole's spirits revived again, and he was even able to give some straight back-talk to a couple of moorhens who were sniggering to each other about his bedraggled appearance.1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, pages 21–22
- Peter, after the manner of man at the breakfast table, had allowed half his kedgeree to get cold and was sniggering over a letter. Sophia looked at him sharply. The only letter she had received was from her mother. Sophia's mother was not a humourist.1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC
snigger meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
snigger in Tamil
- நமட்டுச் சிரிப்பு
snigger in Bengali
- চাপা হাসি, তাচ্ছিল্যের হাসি
snigger in Malayalam
- titter, snicker, giggle
- അടക്കിച്ചിരിക്കുക, അമർത്തിച്ചിരിക്കുക, കുലുങ്ങിച്ചിരിക്കുക, കിലുകിലെചിരിക്കുക, ഉള്ളിൽചിരിക്കുക, വിങ്ങിച്ചിരിക്കുക
- giggle, snicker, titter
- അടക്കിച്ചിരി, അമർത്തിച്ചിരി, കുലുങ്ങിച്ചിരി, പൊള്ളച്ചിരി, അപഹസിതം, ഉപഹസിതം
snigger in Kannada
- ಅಣಕದ ನಗು, ಗೇಲಿನಗು
Examples of snigger in a sentence
- It’s easy to snigger at foreigners and their funny, not-quite-English words – but how many of us realise that our own language contains plenty of the same thing the other way around?2016 October 13, Matthew Anderson, “The foreign words that seem like English – but aren’t”, in BBC, archived from the original on 14 Nov...
- That said, I still find it hard not to snigger when I hear [Travis] Kelce described as being the Kansas City Chiefs' tight end.2025 August 30, Jo Ellison, “Taylor Swift is entering her conservative era”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial...
Forms of snigger
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sniggers |
| alternative form | snicker |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | sniggers |
| present participle | sniggering |
| past participle | sniggered |
| past | sniggered |
Origin of snigger
British variant pronunciation and spelling of snicker.
Words formed from snigger
Words that rhyme with snigger
Questions about snigger
- What does snigger mean?
- Snigger means a partly suppressed or broken laugh.
- What is snigger in Tamil?
- Snigger in Tamil is நமட்டுச் சிரிப்பு. See Snigger meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use snigger in a sentence?
- It’s easy to snigger at foreigners and their funny, not-quite-English words – but how many of us realise that our own language contains plenty of the same thing the other way around?
- What part of speech is snigger?
- Snigger can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce snigger?
- Snigger is pronounced /ˈsnɪɡɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of snigger?
- The plural of snigger is sniggers.
Words near snigger in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: snigger (page history and authors); snigger (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); snigger (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); snigger (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); snigger (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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