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Snigger

noun

A disrespectful laugh. Synonyms: snicker, snort.

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"Snigger" Quotes from Famous Books

... grim crime beneath the surgeon's knife, The honorable gentlemen deplored the loss of life; Bear witness of those chanting choirs that burk and shirk and snigger, No man laid hand upon the knife or finger to ...

— The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition • Rudyard Kipling

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... the poor limp body to the mass of the regiment, lolling open-mouthed on their rifles; and there was a general snigger when one of the younger subalterns said, "That ...

— This is "Part II" of Soldiers Three, we don't have "Part I" • Rudyard Kipling

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... Mr. Lavender very suddenly at the words "tiring of this job," and transferred his gaze to the Secretary, who had bent his face down to his papers, and was smothering a snigger with his hand. ...

— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy

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... word or motion. The rest of the class, their countenances too showing an unnatural ruddiness, likewise maintained silence and immobility until the last of the nine had shuffled his feet into place. Then there burst upon the stillness a snigger which, faint as it was, sounded startlingly loud. Whereupon pent up emotions broke loose and a burst of laughter went up that shook ...

— Left Guard Gilbert • Ralph Henry Barbour

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... in a portentous stage aside which we were not supposed to hear. They caused Scroope to snigger and Charles to grin, but in me they raised a feeling ...

— The Ivory Child • H. Rider Haggard

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Words linked to "Snigger" : express mirth, laugh, express joy, snicker, laughter