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snirtle

snirtle verb: to snigger.

Verb

snirtle (third-person singular simple present snirtles, present participle snirtling, simple past and past participle snirtled)

  1. (intransitive) To snigger

Noun

snirtle (plural snirtles)

  1. a snigger

Forms of snirtle

Verb
third-person singular presentsnirtles
present participlesnirtling
past participlesnirtled
pastsnirtled
Noun
pluralsnirtles

Origin of snirtle

From snirt + -le (frequentative suffix).

Questions about snirtle

What does snirtle mean?
Snirtle means to snigger.
What part of speech is snirtle?
Snirtle can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of snirtle?
The past tense of snirtle is snirtled.

Words near snirtle in the dictionary

  1. snipt
  2. snipy
  3. snirt
  4. snirted
  5. snirting
  6. snirtle
  7. snirtled
  8. snirtles
  9. snirtling
  10. snirts
  11. snit

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