snigger

Meanings

• a sudden, typically quiet, but possibly loud, uncontrollable, usually mischievous or mocking burst of laughter

  - "His friends' sniggers at his misfortune infuriated him."
  - "The children's sniggers at the teacher's mistake echoed through the classroom."
  - "The sniggering crowd at the comedy show exploded in uproarious laughter at the comedian's punchline."

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Pronunciation

1. /ˈsnɪɡə/
   
   
   
   Source: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=87241363"

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with snigger
snigger , ligger , prigger , figger , migger , igger , higher , spiggot , digit , citizen , zenith , pepper , permit , sagittarius , sister , southerner , supersize , surgeon , surplus , swimmer , swift , swagger , syllabus

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Variants

List of all variants of snigger that leads to same result
snigger , sniggered , sniggerer , sniggerers , sniggering , sniggers , snicker

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

The word 'snigger' is believed to have originated from the Old English word 'snican', which means 'to hiss, to sneer, to mock'. The word evolved through Middle English as 'sniken' and 'snikern', and eventually developed into the modern English word 'snigger'.

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