Snicker Definition
snĭkər
snickered, snickering, snickers
verb
snickered, snickering, snickers
To laugh in a sly or derisive, partly stifled manner.
Webster's New World
To utter with a snicker.
Webster's New World
To neigh; nicker.
Webster's New World
(intransitive) To emit a snicker: a stifled or broken laugh.
Wiktionary
noun
snickers
A sly or derisive, partly stifled laugh.
Webster's New World
Origin of Snicker
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US variant of the British snigger, possibly of imitative origin, similar to Du. snikken "to gasp, sob." The noun is first recorded 1836, from the verb.
From Wiktionary
Perhaps imitative
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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