Go on, snigger.
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Snigger
//ˈsnɪɡɚ//
Synonyms for "snigger" (69 found)
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Related words (34)
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Translations
17 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- подсмиване noun (a sly or snide laugh)
- хихикане noun (A partly suppressed or broken laugh)
- хихикам verb (to emit a snigger)
Dutch
2 entries- gniffelen verb (to emit a snigger)
- stiekem lachen verb (to emit a snigger)
French
2 entries- ricanement noun (a sly or snide laugh)
- ricaner verb (to emit a snigger)
German
1 entries- kichern verb (to emit a snigger)
Greek
1 entries- χαχανητό noun (a sly or snide laugh)
Ido
1 entries- ridetar verb (to emit a snigger)
Italian
1 entries- risatina noun (A partly suppressed or broken laugh)
Māori
1 entries- tīhohe verb (to emit a snigger)
Russian
4 entries- смешо́к noun (A partly suppressed or broken laugh)
- хихи́канье noun (A partly suppressed or broken laugh)
- посме́иваться verb (to emit a snigger)
- хихи́кать verb (to emit a snigger)
Swedish
1 entries- fnissa verb (to emit a snigger)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Here the unfeeling Toad broke into a snigger, and then pulled himself together and tried to look particularly solemn.
Source: wiktionary
[…]presently the Mole's spirits revived again, and he was even able to give some straight back-talk to a couple of moorhens who were sniggering to each other about his bedraggled appearance.
Source: wiktionary
Peter, after the manner of man at the breakfast table, had allowed half his kedgeree to get cold and was sniggering over a letter. Sophia looked at him sharply. The only letter she had received was from her mother. Sophia's mother was not a humourist.
Source: wiktionary
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