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snicker en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈsnɪkɚ/ (US)
- (Australia) audio
- /ˈsnɪk.ə(ɹ)/ (UK)
Etymology
US variant of the British snigger, possibly of onomatopoeic origin, similar to Dutch snikken (“to gasp; sob”). The noun is first recorded 1836, from the verb. Compare also Scottish smicker (“to smile or laugh in a sniggering or leery way, smirk”). More at smicker.
Meanings
-
A stifled or broken laugh.
Forms
Deriveds
snicker licker
Translations (17)
cs pochechtávání (stifled laugh) · sv fniss (stifled laugh) · cs hihňání (stifled laugh) · es risita (stifled laugh) · ru хихиканье (stifled laugh) · de Kichern (stifled laugh) · pl chichot (stifled laugh) · fi hihitys (stifled laugh) · fr ricanement (stifled laugh) · ru сдавленный смех (stifled laugh) · it risatina (stifled laugh) · bg хихикане (stifled laugh) · tl hagikgik (stifled laugh) · tr kişneme (stifled laugh) · bg подсмиване (stifled laugh) · de Gekicher (stifled laugh) · ru смешок (stifled laugh)
snicker en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈsnɪkɚ/ (US)
- (Australia) audio
- /ˈsnɪk.ə(ɹ)/ (UK)
Etymology
US variant of the British snigger, possibly of onomatopoeic origin, similar to Dutch snikken (“to gasp; sob”). The noun is first recorded 1836, from the verb. Compare also Scottish smicker (“to smile or laugh in a sniggering or leery way, smirk”). More at smicker.
Meanings
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(intransitive) To emit a snicker, a stifled or broken laugh.
I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, / And in short, I was afraid.
1915 June, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, in Prufrock and Other Observations, London: The Egoist […], published 1917, →OCLC, page 13:
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(transitive) To utter through a laugh of this kind.
-
(of a horse) To whinny.
Forms
Deriveds
snickeringly · snickery · snickerer
Translations (17)
fi hihittää (to emit a snicker) · tl hagikgik (to emit a snicker) · cs pochechtávat se (to emit a snicker) · sv fnissa (to emit a snicker) · eo klukridi (to emit a snicker) · cs hihňat se (to emit a snicker) · pl chichotać (to emit a snicker) · tl humagikgik (to emit a snicker) · bg хихикам (to emit a snicker) · pt casquinar (to emit a snicker) · fr ricaner (to emit a snicker) · tr kişnemek (to emit a snicker) · de kichern (to emit a snicker) · tr kıs kıs gülmek (to emit a snicker) · bg подсмивам се (to emit a snicker) · ro chicoti (to emit a snicker) · es reír disimuladamente (to emit a snicker)
snicker en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
- /ˈsnɪkɚ/ (US)
- (Australia) audio
- /ˈsnɪk.ə(ɹ)/ (UK)
Etymology
From snick + -er.
Meanings
-
(rare) A player who snicks the ball.
Forms
Relateds
snicker-snack