snigger
/ˈsnɪɡɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "It’s easy to snigger at foreigners and their funny, not-quite-English words – but how many of us realise that our own language contains plenty of the same thing the other way around?"
- "That said, I still find it hard not to snigger when I hear [Travis] Kelce described as being the Kansas City Chiefs' tight end."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsnɪɡɚ/
- British English: /ˈsnɪɡə(ɹ)/
Usage
- British usage
- Intransitive verb