SNICKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does snicker mean? 

• SNICKER (noun)
  The noun SNICKER has 1 sense:

1. a disrespectful laugh

  Familiarity information: SNICKER used as a noun is very rare.

• SNICKER (verb)
  The verb SNICKER has 1 sense:

1. laugh quietly

  Familiarity information: SNICKER used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SNICKER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disrespectful laugh

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

snicker; snigger; snort

Hypernyms ("snicker" is a kind of...):

laugh; laughter (the sound of laughing)

Derivation:

snicker (laugh quietly)

• SNICKER (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they snicker    ... he / she / it snickers   
Past simple: snickered   
Past participle: snickered   
-ing form: snickering   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Laugh quietly

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

snicker; snigger

Hypernyms (to "snicker" is one way to...):

express joy; express mirth; laugh (produce laughter)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

snicker (a disrespectful laugh)

 Context examples 

"I'm agreein' with you," the dog-musher answered, and Weedon Scott was not quite sure whether or not the other had snickered.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

The hunters were snickering, but she looked at me with a sympathy in her eyes which more than compensated for Wolf Larsen’s nastiness.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)