: an act or sound of snickering
Examples of snicker in a Sentence
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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Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Early never makes fun of Maddie, never lets the audience snicker at the screen.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2025
Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
The carnage leads to a sigh of an epilogue that seems, without giving anything away, like a curious letdown, a cruel little snicker from Aster that doesn’t entirely satisfy.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 15 July 2025
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Verb
As the Columbus Blue Jackets were set to make their sixth-round pick in the 2008 NHL Draft, one of the club’s former scouts, Rob Riley, heard snickering among his colleagues at their table on the draft floor.
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Early never makes fun of Maddie, never lets the audience snicker at the screen.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
Early never makes fun of Maddie, never lets the audience snicker at the screen.
—Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
The carnage leads to a sigh of an epilogue that seems, without giving anything away, like a curious letdown, a cruel little snicker from Aster that doesn’t entirely satisfy.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 15 July 2025
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“Snicker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snicker. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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