snickle verb 4noun 2forms 3 verb4 •(dialect) To snare using a snickle."Then where the devil can she have hidden herself?" replied the other, hutching up the two hares on his shoulder as he spoke, and which had but just been 'snickled.' — 1841 •(dialect) To laugh at someone or somethingI put the phone down and snickled. — 2009 •(dialect) To tie up or hang (something) using a rope around the neck.Well, well," said the governor, " mind what I say ; I stay in town just six weeks ; and if I don't see you both fairly snickled before I go, I'll never forgive either of you. — 1828 •(dialect) To use (a rope) to tie or hang by the neck.I jumped out with a piece of thin chain, which I snickled round her neck, and pulled her aboard. — 1980 noun2 •(dialect) Suppressed or sly laughter; snigger.I undress while listening to the snickles on the other end. — 2011 •(dialect) A noose or snare made using a slip knot.I carried the broth that poisoned the nuns, and he and I, snickle hand too fast, strangled a friar. — 1589 formssnickled · snickling · snickles
