snicker
verb (used without object)
to laugh in a half-suppressed, indecorous or disrespectful manner.
were snickering
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past progressiveof snicker.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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"They were snickering as if to say, `I guess we'll have a sixth CEO in seven years after that speech,'" McDermott said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 10, 2011
Londoners were snickering last week over a story involving a recent visitor to their city: Russia's Nikita Khrushchev.
From Time Magazine Archive
She wouldn’t give the other witches in her class or the adults who were snickering and looking sorry for her the satisfaction.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
They were snickering between them, and then one of them said something to the other and they both burst into laughter before fist-bumping each other.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
On either side of Dante, Luis Garcia and Daniel Chun were snickering.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
