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What is the difference between snigger and snicker?

snigger | snicker |

Snicker is a synonym of snigger.

Snicker is a alternative form of snigger.



In intransitive terms the difference between snigger and snicker

is that snigger is to emit a snigger while snicker is to emit a snicker: a stifled or broken laugh.

snigger

English

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* snicker

Noun

(en noun)
  • A partly suppressed or broken laugh.
  • * 1908 , , 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

    (en verb)
  • To emit a snigger.
  • * 1908 , , 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.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=
    • , title=The Cuckoo in the Nest , chapter=1 citation , passage=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.}}

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    snicker

    English

    Alternative forms

    * snigger

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A stifled or broken laugh

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To emit a snicker: a stifled or broken laugh.
  • (of a horse) To whinny.

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