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Definition of snicker verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

snicker

verb

NAmE//ˈsnɪkər//

(also snigger) [intransitive] snicker (at somebody/something)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they snicker

he / she / it snickers

past simple snickered

-ing form snickering

to laugh in a quiet unpleasant way, especially at something rude or at someone's problems or mistakes synonym titter What are you sniggering at?

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