as in chuckle
an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement
a snicker of derision when we heard their offer on the house
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as in to laugh
to express scornful amusement by means of facial contortions
he snickered at the puzzled look on her face
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as in to giggle
to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound
only hard-core fans of teen comedies will snicker at this lame attempt
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Recent Examples of snicker
Greg Marotta, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025
Could anyone utter these lofty words today without courting a chorus of snickers, a social-media immolation?
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
As the Columbus Blue Jackets were set to make their sixth-round pick in the 2008 NHL Draft, one of the club’s former scouts, Rob Riley, heard snickering among his colleagues at their table on the draft floor.
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
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Noun
So he must be placed in the Apparition section, next to ghosts like John Barron, sharing a snicker with Ivana.
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Each acquisition has its logic, made with great force at the time of the announcement only to be of-course-it-failed snickered at when the sale inevitably unravels.
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Marilyn responded, prompting a chuckle from Art.—
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The more stinging irony here is that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping probably approved these public statements with a chuckle.—
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Charli’s version of herself, though, is a fascinating creation — self-deprecating, yes, and laughing at herself, but with the clinical distance of a telescope lasered onto a forming star.—
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Thank you for not laughing at us for wearing the same bright-colored puffy coats.—
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Or, just have a little giggle about it.—
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Her daughter giggles as she's swung throughout the air, until Moore realizes that something isn't quite right.—
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Even as a Black person who smiled ear to ear when Black people fought for laughter with the mighty pressure of their jaws.—
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The men stood frowning at each other and then back at Adi until the one without the gun broke into croaks of laughter.—
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The small Santa Clara diner offers a straightforward menu of burgers and burritos, paired with an abundance of patriotic decorations and walls covered in photographs of smiling customers.—
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Becky’s daughter Kaylie smiling as a baby.—
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“Snicker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snicker. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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