Snicker all you like; I'm totally serious.
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Snicker
//ˈsnɪkɚ//
Synonyms for "snicker" (74 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (37)
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5 entriesTranslations
34 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- подсмиване noun (stifled laugh)
- хихикане noun (stifled laugh)
- подсмивам се verb (to emit a snicker)
- хихикам verb (to emit a snicker)
Czech
4 entries- hihňání noun (stifled laugh)
- pochechtávání noun (stifled laugh)
- hihňat se verb (to emit a snicker)
- pochechtávat se verb (to emit a snicker)
Esperanto
1 entries- klukridi verb (to emit a snicker)
Finnish
2 entries- hihitys noun (stifled laugh)
- hihittää verb (to emit a snicker)
French
2 entries- ricanement noun (stifled laugh)
- ricaner verb (to emit a snicker)
German
3 entries- Gekicher noun (stifled laugh)
- Kichern noun (stifled laugh)
- kichern verb (to emit a snicker)
Italian
1 entries- risatina noun (stifled laugh)
Polish
2 entries- chichot noun (stifled laugh)
- chichotać verb (to emit a snicker)
Portuguese
1 entries- casquinar verb (to emit a snicker)
Romanian
1 entries- chicoti verb (to emit a snicker)
Russian
3 entries- сдавленный смех noun (stifled laugh)
- смешок noun (stifled laugh)
- хихиканье noun (stifled laugh)
Spanish
2 entries- risita noun (stifled laugh)
- reír disimuladamente verb (to emit a snicker)
Swedish
2 entries- fniss noun (stifled laugh)
- fnissa verb (to emit a snicker)
Tagalog
3 entries- hagikgik noun (stifled laugh)
- hagikgik verb (to emit a snicker)
- humagikgik verb (to emit a snicker)
Turkish
3 entries- kişneme noun (stifled laugh)
- kişnemek verb (to emit a snicker)
- kıs kıs gülmek verb (to emit a snicker)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Tom tried not to snicker.
Source: tatoeba (10493820)
You snicker like a little rascal who's just cooked up some mischief.
Source: tatoeba (12919580)
I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, / And in short, I was afraid.
Source: wiktionary
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