: an act or sound of snickering
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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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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 2 Sep. 2024
Some spectators snickered at the script’s clunky lines.
—Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
The classroom resounded with snickers, whispers, giggles, snarls, and whoops from the children, and furious commands from the two nuns who gesticulated—quite ineffectually—up by the blackboard, and sometimes, in exasperation, charged down the aisle between the desks to punish a miscreant.
—Rosanna Warren, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
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Verb
Her poverty has been found out, and everyone is snickering.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 2 Sep. 2024
Some spectators snickered at the script’s clunky lines.
—Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
Noun
The differences were stark and — save for the occasional groan, eye roll or sarcastic snicker — politely received.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
The classroom resounded with snickers, whispers, giggles, snarls, and whoops from the children, and furious commands from the two nuns who gesticulated—quite ineffectually—up by the blackboard, and sometimes, in exasperation, charged down the aisle between the desks to punish a miscreant.
—Rosanna Warren, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
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“Snicker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snicker. Accessed 8 Oct. 2024.
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