English-Thai Dictionary

snicker

N การหัวเราะ คิกคัก  เสียงหัวเราะ คิกคัก  cackle giggle laugh kan-hua-lor-kik-kak

 

snicker

VI หัวเราะ คิกคัก  giggle chuckle titter roar hua-lor-kik-kak

 

snicker

VT หัวเราะเยาะ  hua-lor-yor

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SNICKER, SNIGGER

v.i.[This can have no connection with sneer. the elements and the sense are different. ] To laugh slily; or to laugh in one's sleeve. [It is a word in common use in New WNgland, not easily defined. It signifies to laugh with small audible catches of voice, as when persons attempt to suppress loud laughter. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SNICKER

Snick "er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Snickered; p. pr. & vb. n. Snickering.]Etym: [Cf. D. snikken to sob, to sigh. ] [Written also snigger. ]

 

1. To laugh slyly; to laugh in one's sleeve.

 

2. To laugh with audible catches of voice, as when persons attempt to suppress loud laughter.

 

SNICKER

SNICKER Snick "er, n.

 

Defn: A half suppressed, broken laugh. [Written also snigger. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

snicker

snick er |ˈsnikər ˈsnɪkər | ▶verb [ no obj. ] give a smothered or half-suppressed laugh; snigger. • (of a horse ) whinny. ▶noun a smothered laugh; a snigger. • a whinny. DERIVATIVES snick er ing ly adverb ORIGIN late 17th cent.: imitative.

 

Oxford Dictionary

snicker

snicker |ˈsnɪkə | ▶verb [ no obj. ] give a smothered or half-suppressed laugh; snigger. • (of a horse ) whinny. ▶noun a smothered laugh; a snigger. • a whinny. DERIVATIVES snickeringly adverb ORIGIN late 17th cent.: imitative.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

snicker

snicker verb they all snickered at her: giggle, titter, snigger, chortle, simper, laugh. ▶noun he could not suppress a snicker: giggle, titter, snigger, chortle, simper.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

snicker

snicker verb she is a woman they all love to snicker at: snigger, sneer, smirk, simper; titter, giggle, chortle. ▶noun he could not evoke a snicker with his jokes: snigger, sneer, smirk, simper; titter, giggle, chortle.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

snicker

sn í ck er 動詞 自動詞 1 ｟主に米 ｠ «…を » くすくす笑う, しのび笑いする (｟主に英 ｠snigger ) «at , over » .2 ｟主に英 ｠〈馬が 〉いななく .名詞 C 1 ｟主に米 ｠(軽蔑 （けいべつ ）するような )くすくす笑い, しのび笑い .2 ｟主に英 ｠馬のいななき .～ing ly 副詞