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snigger

UK /ˈsnɪɡə(ɹ)/US /ˈsnɪɡɚ/

noun 2
verb 1
forms 3

noun2

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(UK, Ireland) A partly suppressed or broken laugh.
- Here the unfeeling Toad broke into a snigger, and then pulled himself together and tried to look particularly solemn. — 1908
(UK, Ireland) A sly or snide laugh.

verb1

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(UK, Ireland) 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

forms

sniggered · sniggering · sniggers

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