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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsnɪk.ə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈsnɪkɚ/ [US] Audio: en-au-snicker.ogg Forms: snickers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ) 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. Head templates: {{en-noun}} snicker (plural snickers)
  1. A stifled or broken laugh. Derived forms: snicker licker Translations (stifled laugh): подсмиване (podsmivane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), хихикане (hihikane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), hihňání [neuter] (Czech), pochechtávání [neuter] (Czech), hihitys (Finnish), ricanement [masculine] (French), Kichern [neuter] (German), Gekicher [neuter] (German), risatina [feminine] (Italian), chichot [masculine] (Polish), хихиканье (xixikanʹje) (Russian), смешок (smešok) (Russian), сдавленный смех (sdavlennyj smex) (Russian), risita [feminine] (Spanish), fniss (Swedish), hagikgik (Tagalog), kişneme (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-snicker-en-noun-HbMwIIcM Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with German translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 30 18 18 33 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 33 18 15 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 29 18 18 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: snigger
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsnɪk.ə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈsnɪkɚ/ [US] Audio: en-au-snicker.ogg Forms: snickers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ) Etymology: From snick + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|snick|er}} snick + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} snicker (plural snickers)
  1. (cricket, rare) A player who snicks the ball. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Cricket, Laughter Related terms: snicker-snack
    Sense id: en-snicker-en-noun-tBl6dE4P Disambiguation of Laughter: 19 55 8 9 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 51 4 4 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 16 39 11 11 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 55 6 6 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 56 6 6 12 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈsnɪk.ə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈsnɪkɚ/ [US] Audio: en-au-snicker.ogg Forms: snickers [present, singular, third-person], snickering [participle, present], snickered [participle, past], snickered [past]
Rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ) 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. Head templates: {{en-verb}} snicker (third-person singular simple present snickers, present participle snickering, simple past and past participle snickered)
  1. (intransitive) To emit a snicker, a stifled or broken laugh. Tags: intransitive Translations (to emit a snicker): хихикам (hihikam) (Bulgarian), подсмивам се (podsmivam se) (Bulgarian), hihňat se [imperfective] (Czech), pochechtávat se [imperfective] (Czech), hihittää (Finnish), ricaner (French), kichern (German), chichotać (Polish), casquinar (Portuguese), chicoti (Romanian), reír disimuladamente (Spanish), fnissa (Swedish), hagikgik (Tagalog), humagikgik (Tagalog), kıs kıs gülmek (Turkish), kişnemek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-snicker-en-verb-PrmXTSsi Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with German translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 30 18 18 33 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 33 18 15 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 29 18 18 34 Disambiguation of 'to emit a snicker': 94 3 4
  2. (transitive) To utter through a laugh of this kind. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-snicker-en-verb-phAduPAS Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with German translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 30 18 18 33 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 33 18 15 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 29 18 18 34
  3. (of a horse) To whinny. Categories (topical): Animal sounds
    Sense id: en-snicker-en-verb-jsaK21Ki Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 5 30 3 3 57 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 30 18 18 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 29 15 13 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 29 15 13 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 29 15 13 43 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 25 20 20 34 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 33 18 15 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 30 17 17 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 24 23 16 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 28 14 12 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 29 15 13 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 30 17 17 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 29 18 18 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 28 16 13 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 29 15 12 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 28 16 13 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: snigger
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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