1
[ verb ] laugh quietly

Synonyms

snigger

Used in print

(W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)

It spread to most of the audience and was often viewed by visiting whites who snickered behind handkerchief and afterward discussed Negro religion .

(Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)

L'Unita and Hoy published identical denunciations of Short 's elevation , l'Osservatore_Romano and the Christian_Science_Monitor ignored it , Times_of_India snickered at it , and the Manchester_Guardian simply reported it - the Fosterites in England were few but extremely militant .

Related terms

laugh

2
[ noun ] a disrespectful laugh

Synonyms

snigger snort

Related terms

laugh

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