noun
Meaning 1
A stifled or broken laugh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
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Standard Lemma guide
snicker
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈsnɪk.ə(ɹ)/
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US: /ˈsnɪkɚ/
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rhymes with -ɪkə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: S N IH1 K ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A player who snicks the ball.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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verb
Meaning 3
To emit a snicker, a stifled or broken laugh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To utter through a laugh of this kind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 5
To whinny.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
a disrespectful laugh
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: snort, snigger
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: laugh, laughter
verb
Meaning 7
laugh quietly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: snigger
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: laugh, express joy, express mirth
History
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.
From snick + -er.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: подсмиване (podsmivane) — stifled laugh
- Bulgarian: хихикане (hihikane) — stifled laugh
- Czech: hihňání — stifled laugh
- Czech: pochechtávání — stifled laugh
- Finnish: hihitys — stifled laugh
- French: ricanement — stifled laugh
- German: Kichern — stifled laugh
- German: Gekicher — stifled laugh
- Italian: risatina — stifled laugh
- Polish: chichot — stifled laugh
- Russian: хихиканье (xixikanʹje) — stifled laugh
- Russian: смешок (smešok) — stifled laugh
- Russian: сдавленный смех (sdavlennyj smex) — stifled laugh
- Spanish: risita — stifled laugh
- Swedish: fniss — stifled laugh
- Tagalog: hagikgik — stifled laugh
- Turkish: kişneme — stifled laugh
- Bulgarian: хихикам (hihikam) — to emit a snicker
- Bulgarian: подсмивам се (podsmivam se) — to emit a snicker
- Czech: hihňat se — to emit a snicker
- Czech: pochechtávat se — to emit a snicker
- Esperanto: klukridi — to emit a snicker
- Finnish: hihittää — to emit a snicker
- French: ricaner — to emit a snicker
- German: kichern — to emit a snicker
- Polish: chichotać — to emit a snicker
- Portuguese: casquinar — to emit a snicker
- Romanian: chicoti — to emit a snicker
- Spanish: reír disimuladamente — to emit a snicker
- Swedish: fnissa — to emit a snicker
- Tagalog: hagikgik — to emit a snicker
- Tagalog: humagikgik — to emit a snicker
- Turkish: kıs kıs gülmek — to emit a snicker
- Turkish: kişnemek — to emit a snicker