sniggered
sniggered is the simple past and past participle of snigger.
Meaning of snigger
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
Adjective
sniggered (not comparable)
- Damned, in the sense of "I'll be damned if...", expressing utter certainty.
- I'm sniggered if I knows what it means.1863, Elizabeth Caroline Grey, Good Society; Or, Contrasts of Character, page 52
- I'm sniggered if this ain't a pretty job!1886, George William M. Reynolds, The mysteries of the court of London, volume 8, page 174
- Synonyms:
- jiggered
Synonyms of sniggered
Origin of sniggered
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Questions about sniggered
- What does sniggered mean?
- Sniggered means damned, in the sense of "I'll be damned if...", expressing utter certainty.
- What is sniggered the simple past and past participle of?
- Sniggered is the simple past and past participle of snigger.
- What part of speech is sniggered?
- Sniggered is an adjective.
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