What does snigger mean?
Snigger means (chiefly UK, Ireland) A partly suppressed or broken laugh..
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/ˈsnɪɡɚ/ · noun
(chiefly UK, Ireland) A partly suppressed or broken laugh..
Here the unfeeling Toad broke into a snigger, and then pulled himself together and tried to look particularly solemn.
[…]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.
Use snigger when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Snigger means (chiefly UK, Ireland) A partly suppressed or broken laugh..
Common synonyms include snicker, snort.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Here the unfeeling Toad broke into a snigger, and then pulled himself together and tried to look particularly solemn.
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