snicker

English

Alternative forms

• snigger

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈsnɪk.ə(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /"snIk.@(r\)/
• (US) IPA: /ˈsnɪkɚ/, X-SAMPA: /"snIk@`/
• Rhymes: -ɪkə(r)

Etymology

US variant of the British snigger, possibly of imitative origin, similar to Du. snikken "to gasp, sob." The noun is first recorded 1836, from the verb.

Noun

snicker (plural snickers)

1. A stifled or broken laugh

Translations

stifled laugh

• Finnish: hihitys (fi)
• French: ricanement (fr) m
• German: Kichern (de) n

• Tagalog: hagikgik (tl)
• Turkish: kişneme (tr)

Verb

snicker (third-person singular simple present snickers, present participle snickering, simple past and past participle snickered)

1. (intransitive) To emit a snicker: a stifled or broken laugh.
2. (of a horse) To whinny.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:laugh

Translations

to emit a snicker

• Finnish: hihittää (fi)
• French: ricaner (fr)
• German: kichern (de)
• Polish: chichot (pl)

• Portuguese: casquinar (pt)
• Romanian: a chicoti (ro)
• Tagalog: hagikgik (tl), humagikgik (tl)
• Turkish: kıs kıs gülmek (tr), kişnemek (tr)

Anagrams

• nickers