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plural snickers
A stifled or broken laugh. examples
third-person singular simple present snickers, present participle snickering, simple past and past participle snickered
(intransitive) To emit a snicker, a stifled or broken laugh. quotations examples
I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, / And in short, I was afraid.
1915 June, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, in Prufrock and Other Observations, London: The Egotist […], published 1917, page 13
(transitive) To utter through a laugh of this kind. examples
(of a horse) To whinny. examples
(cricket, rare) A player who snicks the ball.