: an act or sound of snickering
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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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Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
At the same time, there's something undeniably intoxicating about the pull of them being together, singing a song, snickering at inside jokes, making the kind of observations that only someone who has known you your whole life can.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
Could anyone utter these lofty words today without courting a chorus of snickers, a social-media immolation?
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Verb
His fans gave him an obliging laugh; a father and son sitting beside me snickered loudly enough to be captured on camera.
—Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
At the same time, there's something undeniably intoxicating about the pull of them being together, singing a song, snickering at inside jokes, making the kind of observations that only someone who has known you your whole life can.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Noun
There are private snickers about the offense’s lack of imagination, the team’s absence of leadership and the dearth of talent.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
Could anyone utter these lofty words today without courting a chorus of snickers, a social-media immolation?
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Snicker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snicker. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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