: an act or sound of snickering
Examples of snicker in a Sentence
Verb
he snickered at the puzzled look on her face
Noun
a snicker of derision when we heard their offer on the house
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
As a young boy entered the afterschool program’s building, Stewart’s immature friends began to snicker because the boy seemed different than them.
—Hunter Patterson, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
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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Verb
While other girls snicker when Lucia admits she’s never had her period, the queen bee graciously defends her from mockery.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
As a young boy entered the afterschool program’s building, Stewart’s immature friends began to snicker because the boy seemed different than them.
—Hunter Patterson, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
Noun
League sources stifle their snickers in public while privately marveling at the owner’s ceaseless stupidity.
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—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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“Snicker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snicker. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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