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Definition of "snigger" []

  • A snicker. (noun)
  • To snicker. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "snigger" in a sentence
  • "So, eight beautiful girls on a hen night, two men with funny hats, a uni-cyclist (???) and three lads dressed as penguins all walk past without even a comment or a snigger from the F Division Public Order team."
  • "The Bloomsbury highbrow, with his mechanical snigger, is as out-of-date as the cavalry colonel."
  • "And for the record, Mickey Kaus didn't "snigger" - for being unaware of the situation, he registered his surprise in a very calm fashion, especially in light of how Bob Wright was hamming it up."