snigger
verb /ˈsnɪɡə(r)/
/ˈsnɪɡər/
(especially British English) (also snicker North American English, British English)
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they snigger | /ˈsnɪɡə(r)/ /ˈsnɪɡər/ |
| he / she / it sniggers | /ˈsnɪɡəz/ /ˈsnɪɡərz/ |
| past simple sniggered | /ˈsnɪɡəd/ /ˈsnɪɡərd/ |
| past participle sniggered | /ˈsnɪɡəd/ /ˈsnɪɡərd/ |
| -ing form sniggering | /ˈsnɪɡərɪŋ/ /ˈsnɪɡərɪŋ/ |
- snigger (at somebody/something) | + speech to laugh in a quiet unpleasant way, especially at something rude or at somebody’s problems or mistakes synonym titter
- What are you sniggering at?
Word Originearly 18th cent.: later variant of snicker.