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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsnɪɡɚ/ [General-American], /ˈsnɪɡə(ɹ)/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-AcpoKrane-snigger.wav Forms: sniggers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪɡə(ɹ) Etymology: British variant pronunciation and spelling of snicker. Head templates: {{en-noun}} snigger (plural sniggers)
  1. (chiefly UK, Ireland, sometimes offensive elsewhere) A partly suppressed or broken laugh. Tags: Ireland, UK Categories (topical): Laughter Translations (A partly suppressed or broken laugh): хихикане (hihikane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), risatina [feminine] (Italian), смешо́к (smešók) [masculine] (Russian), хихи́канье (xixíkanʹje) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-snigger-en-noun-R-8OWsFO Disambiguation of Laughter: 36 38 26 Categories (other): British English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 30 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 28 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 29 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 30 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 35 31 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 35 27 37 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 35 27 38 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 35 29 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 35 27 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 35 29 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 35 29 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 35 31 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 35 29 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 35 31 34 Disambiguation of 'A partly suppressed or broken laugh': 95 5
  2. (chiefly UK, Ireland, sometimes offensive elsewhere) A sly or snide laugh. Tags: Ireland, UK Categories (topical): Laughter Translations (a sly or snide laugh): подсмиване (podsmivane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ricanement [masculine] (French), χαχανητό (chachanitó) [plural] (Greek)
    Sense id: en-snigger-en-noun-WxWF0Blw Disambiguation of Laughter: 36 38 26 Categories (other): British English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 30 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 28 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 29 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 30 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 35 31 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 35 27 37 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 35 27 38 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 35 29 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 35 27 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 35 29 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 35 29 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 35 31 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 35 29 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 35 31 34 Disambiguation of 'a sly or snide laugh': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: snicker

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈsnɪɡɚ/ [General-American], /ˈsnɪɡə(ɹ)/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-AcpoKrane-snigger.wav Forms: sniggers [present, singular, third-person], sniggering [participle, present], sniggered [participle, past], sniggered [past]
Rhymes: -ɪɡə(ɹ) Etymology: British variant pronunciation and spelling of snicker. Head templates: {{en-verb}} snigger (third-person singular simple present sniggers, present participle sniggering, simple past and past participle sniggered)
  1. (intransitive, chiefly UK, Ireland, sometimes offensive elsewhere) To emit a snigger. Tags: Ireland, UK, intransitive Categories (topical): Laughter Translations (to emit a snigger): хихикам (hihikam) (Bulgarian), gniffelen (Dutch), stiekem lachen (Dutch), ricaner (French), kichern (German), ridetar (Ido), tīhohe (Maori), посме́иваться (posméivatʹsja) (Russian), хихи́кать (xixíkatʹ) (Russian), fnissa (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-snigger-en-verb-9kbSKggA Disambiguation of Laughter: 36 38 26 Categories (other): British English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 30 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 28 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 29 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 30 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 35 31 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 35 27 37 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 35 27 38 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 35 29 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 35 27 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 35 29 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 35 29 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 35 31 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 35 29 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 35 31 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: snicker

Inflected forms

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        "A sly or snide laugh."
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        "(chiefly UK, Ireland, sometimes offensive elsewhere) A sly or snide laugh."
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      "roman": "hihikane",
      "sense": "A partly suppressed or broken laugh",
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        "neuter"
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      "sense": "A partly suppressed or broken laugh",
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      "sense": "A partly suppressed or broken laugh",
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      "sense": "A partly suppressed or broken laugh",
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      "sense": "a sly or snide laugh",
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          "text": "Peter, after the manner of man at the breakfast table, had allowed half his kedgeree to get cold and was sniggering over a letter. Sophia looked at him sharply. The only letter she had received was from her mother. Sophia's mother was not a humourist.",
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      "roman": "hihikam",
      "sense": "to emit a snigger",
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      "sense": "to emit a snigger",
      "word": "gniffelen"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to emit a snigger",
      "word": "stiekem lachen"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to emit a snigger",
      "word": "ricaner"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to emit a snigger",
      "word": "kichern"
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    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to emit a snigger",
      "word": "ridetar"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to emit a snigger",
      "word": "tīhohe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "posméivatʹsja",
      "sense": "to emit a snigger",
      "word": "посме́иваться"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xixíkatʹ",
      "sense": "to emit a snigger",
      "word": "хихи́кать"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to emit a snigger",
      "word": "fnissa"
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