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snigger

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verb

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Recent Examples of snigger
Noun
The tribal leader sniggers; a trade with foreign infidels is inconceivable. Bing West, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2011 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
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 Then early this week the list came out, and sniggering ensued—on both sides of the Atlantic. The Economist, 3 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snigger
Verb
  • One executive laughed at the thought, pointing out the Browns’ and Rams’ division rivals will be rooting for the Jaguars and Falcons to win as much as possible to reduce the value of those draft assets.
    Jeff Howe, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • The work of one of her go-to designers, Catherine Walker, this was a look that laughed in the face of minimalism.
    Olivia Allen, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But his administration’s steps, large and small, from attacking universities to immigrants to expert advisors, aimed at destroying competence and honesty as guiding principles for the U.S., will in the end yield only tears, not laughter.
    Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2025
  • There is non-stop laughter from audiences from beginning to end.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • In March, Affleck and Garner were seen smiling the whole time during a paintball party for their son.
    Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2025
  • As the two teens reluctantly posed next to each other, Carey smiled widely for the camera and held up her hot pink basket.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The toddler giggles as Johnson grabs the steering wheel to flee the offending bird, throwing in an expletive on his way out.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Cartoons are good for a giggle, but who wants one that stretches on forever?
    Constance Grady, Vox, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • League sources stifle their snickers in public while privately marveling at the owner’s ceaseless stupidity. 3.
    Jeff Howe, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
  • So he must be placed in the Apparition section, next to ghosts like John Barron, sharing a snicker with Ivana.
    Greg Marotta, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025

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“Snigger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snigger. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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