Verb
he snickered at the puzzled look on her face Noun
a snicker of derision when we heard their offer on the house
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Verb
Her poverty has been found out, and everyone is snickering.—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 2 Sep. 2024 Some spectators snickered at the script’s clunky lines.—Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
Noun
The classroom resounded with snickers, whispers, giggles, snarls, and whoops from the children, and furious commands from the two nuns who gesticulated—quite ineffectually—up by the blackboard, and sometimes, in exasperation, charged down the aisle between the desks to punish a miscreant.—Rosanna Warren, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024 That was only because of the election, Priscilla shot back with a snicker.—John Eligon Prentice Onayemi Anna Diamond Devin Murphy, New York Times, 21 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for snicker
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