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verb

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Recent Examples of snigger
Noun
Each time an audience member so much as sniggers or sneezes, money is docked from a prize pot of £250,000 ($330,000), the slightest noise costing them up to £10,000 ($13,000) each time. Alex Ritman, Variety, 2 May 2025 This offbeat comedy, which originally ran from 2007-10, thrives on less explicit social tensions: sniggers behind the back and raised eyebrows at the dinner table. The Economist, 26 Dec. 2019 Most football fans allowed themselves a brief snigger when Florentino Perez suggested that Real Madrid had tried to sign Lionel Messi many moons ago. SI.com, 9 Sep. 2017 The tribal leader sniggers; a trade with foreign infidels is inconceivable. Bing West, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2011
Verb
Jaclyn, Laurie, and Kate — immediately reverting back to the bitchy girls who ruled Nowhere High together — sniggered at the scene from behind designer sunnies. Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2025 Dour officials from the Department of Homeland Security who spotted his posts saw nothing to snigger about. The Economist, 8 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snigger
Noun
  • People joined in and had a good old chuckle.
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • LaKeith Stanfield is an easy standout as Parker’s best friend Grofield, a passionate actor who moonlights as a criminal to fund his dead-end theater company — some of the movie’s heartiest chuckles come from the joy Grofield takes in getting to ham things up as part of the heist.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Those who pointed and laughed at Stevenson’s lowest football moment last year likely never realized the difficulty of his trek.
    Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Trailer footage reveals tension that seriously ramp-up between Grace and Jackson in their rural home, including shots of Lawrence’s character wondering through an open field with a shotgun, laughing maniacally.
    Tom Tapp, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • So aunts and uncles in Gaza would call from the beach there, allowing Kordia to share her cousins’ laughter and glimpse the waves.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
  • What was meant to be an aesthetic honeymoon video quickly sparked laughter online, when one newlywed noticed something unusual when watching back footage.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Wearing a yellow fringed dress, Jauregui spun and shook her hips alongside a safety vest-wearing Armstrong, ending the performance by quick-stepping over to the cocktail table, where her bandmates and Bankhead were smiling and clapping in celebration.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
  • This time, Murakami has lent his smiling flower motif to recreate two limited-edition bottles — the Dom Pérignon Vintage 2015 and the Dom Pérignon Rosé Vintage 2010.
    Denni Hu, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The game encouraged competitive streaks, teamwork, and plenty of giggles, with parents noting it was well constructed, self-contained, and easy to store or bring along to grandma’s house.
    Emily Glover, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The absurdity of the situation began to dawn on me, and a round of giggles began building inside.
    Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 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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