snigger
to laugh disrespectfully
TRANSLATION
snigger = spöttisch kichern --- GOOGLE INDEX snigger: approximately 800,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
She claimed that other pupils had SNIGGERED and pointed, calling her "thick, stupid and dumb".
(BBC News)
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Soon after, I wobble through the security scanner in the arms-raised position ready to surrender. Next comes Starbucks. A long queue, a bucket of alleged latte and the complexities of trying to cut through a tough bagel with a plastic knife and smear it with cream cheese while onlookers SNIGGER.
(The Australian)
(BBC News)
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Soon after, I wobble through the security scanner in the arms-raised position ready to surrender. Next comes Starbucks. A long queue, a bucket of alleged latte and the complexities of trying to cut through a tough bagel with a plastic knife and smear it with cream cheese while onlookers SNIGGER.
(The Australian)
Did you
know?
snigger
verb
- to laugh at someone or something in a silly and often unkind way
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Snigger is a variant of snicker, which is of unknown origin, but is likely just imitative of the sound. Nearly all of its synonyms, from giggle, chortle, chuckle, guffaw to twitter are also imitative. The noun form of snicker is first recorded 1836 and stems from the verb. Snicker is similar and may be related to the Dutch "snikken," meaning to gasp or sob.
When written with a capital "S" and in plural, Snickers is the brand name of a famous candy bar produced by the Mars Company. Snickers, which consists of nougat topped with caramel and peanuts and then covered in milk chocolate, was introduced in 1930 and was marketed under the Marathon name in the UK and Ireland. Mars says it produces 15 million bars a day, earning the company about $2 billion annually. That's certainly nothing to snigger about.
As for the name Snickers, the Mars family apparently named the candy bar after one of their horses.
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SYNONYMS
giggle, cackle, chortle, chuckle, guffaw, hee-haw, snicker, tee-hee, titter, twitter
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"I don't like it when people snigger during a meeting. It's unprofessional."
verb
- to laugh at someone or something in a silly and often unkind way
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Snigger is a variant of snicker, which is of unknown origin, but is likely just imitative of the sound. Nearly all of its synonyms, from giggle, chortle, chuckle, guffaw to twitter are also imitative. The noun form of snicker is first recorded 1836 and stems from the verb. Snicker is similar and may be related to the Dutch "snikken," meaning to gasp or sob.
When written with a capital "S" and in plural, Snickers is the brand name of a famous candy bar produced by the Mars Company. Snickers, which consists of nougat topped with caramel and peanuts and then covered in milk chocolate, was introduced in 1930 and was marketed under the Marathon name in the UK and Ireland. Mars says it produces 15 million bars a day, earning the company about $2 billion annually. That's certainly nothing to snigger about.
As for the name Snickers, the Mars family apparently named the candy bar after one of their horses.
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SYNONYMS
giggle, cackle, chortle, chuckle, guffaw, hee-haw, snicker, tee-hee, titter, twitter
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"I don't like it when people snigger during a meeting. It's unprofessional."
