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sniggering

sniggering is the present participle and gerund of snigger.

Meaning of snigger

Verb

snigger (third-person singular simple present sniggers, present participle sniggering, simple past and past participle sniggered)

  1. (Ireland, UK, intransitive) 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

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Noun

sniggering (plural sniggerings)

  1. The act of one who sniggers.

Forms of sniggering

pluralsniggerings

Questions about sniggering

What does sniggering mean?
Sniggering means the act of one who sniggers.
What is sniggering the present participle and gerund of?
Sniggering is the present participle and gerund of snigger.
What part of speech is sniggering?
Sniggering is a noun.
What is the plural of sniggering?
The plural of sniggering is sniggerings.

Words near sniggering in the dictionary

  1. snigged
  2. snigger
  3. sniggered
  4. sniggerer
  5. sniggerers
  6. sniggering
  7. sniggeringly
  8. sniggerings
  9. sniggers
  10. sniggersome
  11. sniggery

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