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- Dictionarysnicker/ˈsnɪkə/
verb
- 1. give a half-suppressed, typically scornful laugh; snigger: "he could imagine them snickering as he passed"
noun
- 1. a half-suppressed, typically scornful laugh; a snigger: "he could not evoke a snicker with his jokes"
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The meaning of SNICKER is to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter.
SNICKER definition: 1. to laugh at someone or something in a silly and often unkind way: 2. the act of laughing at…. Learn more.
snick·er. (snĭk′ər) intr.v. snick·ered, snick·er·ing, snick·ers. To utter a partly stifled laugh: "I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker" (T.S. Eliot). n. A partly stifled laugh. [Perhaps imitative.] snick′er·ing·ly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
If you snicker, you laugh quietly in a disrespectful way, for example at something rude or embarrassing.
To snicker is to laugh in a mean or disrespectful way, often expressing superiority. We might snicker at a bully who walks directly into a closed door. You can also use this word's near-synonym, snigger, to describe a short snort of a laugh or a scornful sound.
Snicker definition: to laugh in a half-suppressed, indecorous or disrespectful manner.. See examples of SNICKER used in a sentence.
snicker (at somebody/something) to laugh in a quiet unpleasant way, especially at something rude or at somebody’s problems or mistakes synonym titter. Although his friends snickered, they were still impressed.
SNICKER meaning: 1. to laugh at someone or something in a silly and often unkind way: 2. the act of laughing at…. Learn more.
SNICKER definition: to laugh quietly in a rude way. Learn more.
Definitions of 'snicker'. If you snicker, you laugh quietly in a disrespectful way, for example at something rude or embarrassing. [...] More.
