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词汇 snigger
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Definition of snigger in English:

snigger

verb ˈsnɪɡəˈsnɪɡər
[no object]British
  • Laugh in a half-suppressed, typically scornful way.

    the boys at school were sure to snigger at him behind his back

    学校里的男孩们肯定会在背后讥笑他的。

    with direct speech ‘Doesn't he look a fool?’ they sniggered

    “难道他不像个傻瓜吗?”他们窃笑道。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He began to laugh, and some of the henchmen sniggered too.
    • I sniggered again, but didn't comment.
    • The three of them smiled and gave each other knowing glances, sniggering quietly.
    • A group of oriental fisherman passed behind him, sniggered, and disappeared into duty free bazaar run by an Indian who could manage a few words of Russian when he had to.
    • His friends sniggered with disbelief when he said was no longer using any drugs at all.
    • I looked above them to see everyone else that was in the library sneering and sniggering at me.
    • Felicity took one look at old Mrs. Briney and burst out laughing, sniggering and pointing at her.
    • Kenny sniggered softly, but Jason shot his younger brother an annoyed look.
    • She sniggered softly, as if she'd never heard anything more ridiculous in her life.
    • I heard the class snigger as I buried my head under my arms.
    • I was still sniggering quietly when something slimy hit me in the head.
    • Sabrina's three friends sniggered and Sabrina stuck her tongue out.
    • To his left, he saw and heard the two youngest of his team snigger, but a steely glare wiped the smug look from their faces.
    • Everyone sniggered behind his back for his lack of personality.
    • They smiled to his face, shook his hand, acted impressed, wished him well, and went away sniggering behind his back.
    • A few people sniggered and he smirked, balancing his blazer on the other arm, fully aware of his authority.
    • So I turned around to see all of Conners friends pointing and sniggering at me.
    • The assembled news pack sniggered quietly as the school ma'am got her just deserts.
    • She sniggered and the rest of them laughed along.
    • He lifted his shirt to show his muscles and later in the programme, sniggered that this was the ‘best health club’ around.
    Synonyms
    give a suppressed laugh, snicker, sneer, smirk, simper
    titter, giggle, chortle
noun ˈsnɪɡəˈsnɪɡər
British
  • A half-suppressed, typically scornful laugh.

    we heard the sniggers caused by their little jokes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I hear the beginning of a snigger in the back of the classroom.
    • But because of our sniggers and our sneers, we overlooked two rather surprising corollaries to this glamour business.
    • If anyone speaks to them, they look sideways at one another and stifle their sniggers.
    • It's played for laughs, or should that be sniggers?
    • This version is puerile, including jokes that could hardly have raised a snigger when first heard and turns of speech abandoned for over a generation.
    • When I announced at training that my car had been stolen, there were a few sniggers.
    • We started to laugh again, muffling our sniggers with our mittened hands.
    • There were a few sniggers from the back, which soon became open laughter.
    • I woke up to the sound of stifled sniggers.
    • A couple of women get self-conscious about the terrible silence and attempt to fill it with nervous sniggers.
    • But unlike in ordinary life, their tales of downfall are not treated with sniggers; they're treated with awe, a certain kind of humility, and sympathy and understanding.
    • The other girls on the team just stare at me, while I hear a deep snigger somewhere in the background.
    • I fought to keep from rolling my eyes, and I felt Gabriel stifle a snigger next to me.
    • Their sniggers and smirks would come to a halt when they would then discover that their hands were empty.
    • There were sniggers and giggles all around the room and then everyone started talking.
    • Having been a dedicated smoker for many years now, I was headed downstairs for a cigarette, when I heard quiet sniggers in the stairwell.
    • Even if it does all end in sniggers, at least you can say you weren't afraid to try.
    • You can imagine the silence, broken perhaps by a stifled snigger, that met that suggestion.
    • There were a few sniggers but it just sounded as though we were crying.
    • There was a shocked silence followed by a few sniggers from the commentary box.
    Synonyms
    suppressed laugh, snicker, sneer, smirk, simper
    titter, giggle, chortle

Derivatives

  • sniggerer

  • noun
    • I'll have you sniggerers know that as well as being a churchgoer, this chap was a very good rugby player.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We are great spontaneous sniggerers and we can do it in unison without any prompting from one another.
      • A knowing snigger normally followed, but the sniggerers never acknowledged the fundamentally undemocratic assumption underpinning this kind of argument.
      • A snorter is a snob expressing their disapproval, while a sniggerer is insensitive, unsympathetic and immature.
      • Perhaps it starts with you screaming about finding your reading glasses only to be sniggeringly told by your resident sniggerer that they are perched on top of your head.
  • sniggeringly

  • adverbˈsnɪɡərɪŋliˈsnɪɡərɪŋli
    • The narratorial presence sniggeringly indicates that the reader might be allowed to rewrite and reformulate the poem.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Those involved in racketeering, corruption and bribery should not be lionised, praised or sniggeringly regarded.
      • The vision of sexuality is sniggeringly salacious, redolent with fantasies of male power and female submission.

Origin

Early 18th century: later variant of snicker.

Rhymes

chigger, configure, figure, Frigga, jigger, ligger, rigger, rigor, rigour, swigger, transfigure, trigger, vigour (US vigor)

Definition of snigger in US English:

snigger

verbˈsniɡərˈsnɪɡər
[no object]
  • Laugh in a half-suppressed, typically scornful way.

    the boys at school were sure to snigger at him behind his back

    学校里的男孩们肯定会在背后讥笑他的。

    with direct speech “Doesn't he look like a fool?” they sniggered

    “难道他不像个傻瓜吗?”他们窃笑道。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • To his left, he saw and heard the two youngest of his team snigger, but a steely glare wiped the smug look from their faces.
    • He lifted his shirt to show his muscles and later in the programme, sniggered that this was the ‘best health club’ around.
    • I was still sniggering quietly when something slimy hit me in the head.
    • Kenny sniggered softly, but Jason shot his younger brother an annoyed look.
    • I looked above them to see everyone else that was in the library sneering and sniggering at me.
    • A few people sniggered and he smirked, balancing his blazer on the other arm, fully aware of his authority.
    • The three of them smiled and gave each other knowing glances, sniggering quietly.
    • So I turned around to see all of Conners friends pointing and sniggering at me.
    • They smiled to his face, shook his hand, acted impressed, wished him well, and went away sniggering behind his back.
    • His friends sniggered with disbelief when he said was no longer using any drugs at all.
    • She sniggered and the rest of them laughed along.
    • The assembled news pack sniggered quietly as the school ma'am got her just deserts.
    • A group of oriental fisherman passed behind him, sniggered, and disappeared into duty free bazaar run by an Indian who could manage a few words of Russian when he had to.
    • She sniggered softly, as if she'd never heard anything more ridiculous in her life.
    • Everyone sniggered behind his back for his lack of personality.
    • I sniggered again, but didn't comment.
    • I heard the class snigger as I buried my head under my arms.
    • Felicity took one look at old Mrs. Briney and burst out laughing, sniggering and pointing at her.
    • He began to laugh, and some of the henchmen sniggered too.
    • Sabrina's three friends sniggered and Sabrina stuck her tongue out.
    Synonyms
    give a suppressed laugh, snicker, sneer, smirk, simper
nounˈsniɡərˈsnɪɡər
  • A half-suppressed, typically scornful laugh.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But because of our sniggers and our sneers, we overlooked two rather surprising corollaries to this glamour business.
    • A couple of women get self-conscious about the terrible silence and attempt to fill it with nervous sniggers.
    • Having been a dedicated smoker for many years now, I was headed downstairs for a cigarette, when I heard quiet sniggers in the stairwell.
    • If anyone speaks to them, they look sideways at one another and stifle their sniggers.
    • This version is puerile, including jokes that could hardly have raised a snigger when first heard and turns of speech abandoned for over a generation.
    • Their sniggers and smirks would come to a halt when they would then discover that their hands were empty.
    • There were a few sniggers but it just sounded as though we were crying.
    • But unlike in ordinary life, their tales of downfall are not treated with sniggers; they're treated with awe, a certain kind of humility, and sympathy and understanding.
    • There was a shocked silence followed by a few sniggers from the commentary box.
    • Even if it does all end in sniggers, at least you can say you weren't afraid to try.
    • There were sniggers and giggles all around the room and then everyone started talking.
    • There were a few sniggers from the back, which soon became open laughter.
    • I hear the beginning of a snigger in the back of the classroom.
    • You can imagine the silence, broken perhaps by a stifled snigger, that met that suggestion.
    • We started to laugh again, muffling our sniggers with our mittened hands.
    • It's played for laughs, or should that be sniggers?
    • I fought to keep from rolling my eyes, and I felt Gabriel stifle a snigger next to me.
    • I woke up to the sound of stifled sniggers.
    • When I announced at training that my car had been stolen, there were a few sniggers.
    • The other girls on the team just stare at me, while I hear a deep snigger somewhere in the background.
    Synonyms
    suppressed laugh, snicker, sneer, smirk, simper

Origin

Early 18th century: later variant of snicker.

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