snigger

snigger
1. noun /ˈsnɪɡə/
a) A partly suppressed or broken laugh

Here the unfeeling Toad broke into a snigger, and then pulled himself together and tried to look particularly solemn.

b) A sly or snide laugh
2. verb /ˈsnɪɡə/
To emit a snigger

...presently the Moles 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.


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  • snigger — (v.) 1706, variant form of SNICKER (Cf. snicker) (v.). Related: Sniggered; sniggering …   Etymology dictionary

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