snigger
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Is snigger a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of snigger?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (chiefly UK, Ireland) A partly suppressed or broken laugh.Examples: "Here the unfeeling Toad broke into a snigger, and then pulled himself together and tried to look particularly solemn."IrelandUK
2. (chiefly UK, Ireland) A sly or snide laugh.IrelandUK
verb (English)
1. (intransitive, chiefly UK, Ireland) To emit a snigger.Examples: "[…]presently the Mole's spirits revived again, and he was even able to give some straight back-talk to a couple of moorhens who were sniggering to each other about his bedraggled appearance."; "Peter, after the manner of man at the breakfast table, had allowed half his kedgeree to get cold and was sniggering over a letter. Sophia looked at him sharply. The only letter she had received was from her mother. Sophia's mother was not a humourist."; "That said, I still find it hard not to snigger when I hear [Travis] Kelce described as being the Kansas City Chiefs' tight end."IrelandUKintransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary