"sniggling" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: snigglings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sniggling (plural snigglings)
  1. (rare) A chuckle; a snicker. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-sniggling-en-noun-sBx5g1s1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} sniggling
  1. present participle and gerund of sniggle Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: sniggle
    Sense id: en-sniggling-en-verb-WULG6SaQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for sniggling meaning in English (1.8kB)

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