Snigger
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈsnɪɡə/
- Rhymes: -ɪɡə(r)
Alternative forms
Origin
British variant pronunciation and spelling of snicker.
Full definition of snigger
Noun
snigger
(plural sniggers)- A partly suppressed or broken laugh.
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, , page 255,Here the unfeeling Toad broke into a snigger, and then pulled himself together and tried to look particularly solemn.
- A sly or snide laugh.
Verb
- (intransitive) To emit a snigger.
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, , page 22,...presently the Mole's spirits revived again, and he was even able to give some straight back-talk to a couple of moorhens who were sniggering to each other about his bedraggled appearance.
- 1922, w, The Cuckoo in the Nest Chapter 1, Peter, after the manner of man at the breakfast table, had allowed half his kedgeree to get cold and was sniggering over a letter. Sophia looked at him sharply. The only letter she had received was from her mother. Sophia's mother was not a humourist.