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- [snik-er]
- /ˈsnɪk ər/
- /ˈsnɪk.ər/
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- [snik-er]
- /ˈsnɪk ər/
Definitions of snicker word
- verb without object snicker to laugh in a half-suppressed, indecorous or disrespectful manner. 1
- verb with object snicker to utter with a snicker. 1
- noun snicker a snickering laugh. 1
- noun snicker snide laugh 1
- intransitive verb snicker laugh snidely 1
- transitive verb snicker say with a snide laugh 1
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Origin of snicker
First appearance:
before 1685 One of the 48% oldest English words
First recorded in 1685-95; of expressive orig.
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Parts of speech for Snicker
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
snicker popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
snicker usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for snicker
verb snicker
- be-little — to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
- blathering — foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather.
- cackle — If someone cackles, they laugh in a loud unpleasant way, often at something bad that happens to someone else.
- caricaturing — a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
- chortle — To chortle means to laugh in a way that shows you are very pleased.
noun snicker
- crackup — a cracking up
- giggle — to laugh in a silly, often high-pitched way, especially with short, repeated gasps and titters, as from juvenile or ill-concealed amusement or nervous embarrassment.
- heehaw — the braying sound made by a donkey.
- laughter — the action or sound of laughing.
- guffawing — Present participle of guffaw.
adj snicker
- crower — to utter the characteristic cry of a rooster.
- giggler — to laugh in a silly, often high-pitched way, especially with short, repeated gasps and titters, as from juvenile or ill-concealed amusement or nervous embarrassment.
- gurgling — to flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current: The water gurgled from the bottle.
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