noun
Meaning 1
A partly suppressed or broken laugh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
snigger
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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General-American: /ˈsnɪɡɚ/
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UK: /ˈsnɪɡə(ɹ)/
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rhymes with -ɪɡə(ɹ)
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noun
Meaning 2
A sly or snide laugh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To emit a snigger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK, intransitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a disrespectful laugh
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: snicker, snort
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: laugh, laughter
verb
Meaning 5
laugh quietly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: snicker
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: laugh, express joy, express mirth
History
Etymology
British variant pronunciation and spelling of snicker.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: хихикане (hihikane) — A partly suppressed or broken laugh
- Italian: risatina — A partly suppressed or broken laugh
- Russian: смешо́к (smešók) — A partly suppressed or broken laugh
- Russian: хихи́канье (xixíkanʹje) — A partly suppressed or broken laugh
- Bulgarian: подсмиване (podsmivane) — a sly or snide laugh
- French: ricanement — a sly or snide laugh
- Greek: χαχανητό (chachanitó) — a sly or snide laugh
- Bulgarian: хихикам (hihikam) — to emit a snigger
- Dutch: gniffelen — to emit a snigger
- Dutch: stiekem lachen — to emit a snigger
- French: ricaner — to emit a snigger
- German: kichern — to emit a snigger
- Ido: ridetar — to emit a snigger
- Māori: tīhohe — to emit a snigger
- Russian: посме́иваться (posméivatʹsja) — to emit a snigger
- Russian: хихи́кать (xixíkatʹ) — to emit a snigger
- Swedish: fnissa — to emit a snigger