snicker
- to laugh in a half-suppressed, indecorous or disrespectful manner.
- to utter with a snicker.
- a snickering laugh.
Origin of snicker
Related Words for snickered
sneer, smirk, chortle, chuckle, giggle, knock, guffaw, snigger, titter, mock, hee-haw, sniggleExamples from the Web for snickered
Contemporary Examples of snickered
“Sorry, David Sirota, Looks Like Boston Bombing Suspects Not White Americans,” snickered a headline in Newsbusters.
I know that some of you are appalled, and that some of you snickered.
Historical Examples of snickered
Boche and Bibi-the-Smoker snickered at the nudes, pointing them out to each other and winking.
L'AssommoirEmile Zola
The clerk laughed, and the bell-boys standing about snickered.
Sunny Boy in the Big CityRamy Allison White
He shook and snickered with anticipation of the glory of it.
Eben HoldenIrving Bacheller
"All right; an' I'll do th' laughing," snickered Hopalong, at the door.
Miss Mercy snickered in appreciation of the cleverness of her manœuvre.
The Dude WranglerCaroline Lockhart
snicker
- mainly US and Canadian a sly or disrespectful laugh, esp one partly stifled
- to utter such a laughEquivalent term (in Britain and certain other countries): snigger
- (of a horse) to whinny
Word Origin for snicker
Word Origin and History for snickered
snicker
1690s, possibly of imitative origin, similar to Dutch snikken "to gasp, sob." Related: Snickered; snickering.
snicker
"a smothered laugh," 1835, from snicker (v.).